in the soup
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“It felt like what the moment called for. I was definitely in the soup already,” she says, writing songs for “Virgin” — “dropping all guard and being radically transparent,” as she puts it.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 2, 2025
The rice cake soup is made with a base of either beef broth or anchovy broth, seasoned and boiled with flat, oval-shaped rice cakes that become soft and chewy in the soup.
From Salon • Jan. 11, 2024
The market may be "back in the soup on the banking crisis," said Chuck Carlson, chief executive officer at Horizon Investment Services.
From Reuters • May 3, 2023
“We have two different places where we get it. We definitely know one place is better than the other, and the rice cakes hold in the soup better and become softer faster,” Kim said.
From Washington Post • Jan. 18, 2023
I peel them, slice them, put them in the soup pot, and Ilse starts to sniff the air, polishing her nails on my sofa.
From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron
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