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meatballs

  • plural
    of meatball.
    meatball
    noun
    a small ball of ground meat, especially beef, often mixed with breadcrumbs, seasonings, etc., before cooking.

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What about helmets wrapped to look like frozen meatballs or wheels of imported Parmesan?

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 30, 2026

Many of Mr. Coppola’s recollections are sensory: roasted peppers, his grandma’s sizzling meatballs, a neighbor’s homemade wine sweetened with peaches—“smells and tastes that intoxicate me to this day.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 9, 2026

It allows the tomatoes to collapse into themselves, the meatballs to brown deeply, the gnocchi to crisp at the edges.

From Salon Mar. 23, 2026

Fold in the gnocchi and meatballs so every bite gets slicked in the sauce.

From Salon Mar. 23, 2026

Manuel and Paolo are fighting over the meatballs, until Manuel overtakes and shoves them in his mouth.

From "The Unfinished Angel" by Sharon Creech

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