in a stew
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Some preferred to include it in a stew, while others salivated over the golden-brown fried option.
From BBC • May 11, 2024
I genuinely might have been fooled that it was an actual chunk of roast if it were in a stew or already shredded on a plate.
From The Verge • Aug. 25, 2022
What does all this mean for the big-picture goal of not cooking the Earth in a stew of carbon dioxide?
From Slate • Dec. 6, 2021
Unlike many industrial chemicals, enzymes work at relatively low temperatures and are choosy about which molecule they interact with—enabling an enzyme to target a single plastic in a stew of polymers.
From Science Magazine • Jul. 1, 2021
And as much as I loved holding a cottontail in my arms and rubbing its soft fur with my cheek, I loved it even more in a stew with a few carrots.
From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan
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