root vegetable
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Created by the L.A.-based multimedia collective Everything Is Terrible, WoWoW is alternately described as a “cosmic entity” and a “cartoony, root vegetable floating alien god.”
From Los Angeles Times ● May 20, 2026
So, the parsnip white miso soup, I think this time of year — especially in New England and the Northeast in general — it's root vegetable time.
From Salon ● Dec. 21, 2024
The sculpture of a "sweet potato island", by Veronica Ryan, represents how the humble root vegetable, which originated in Peru, has travelled the world, thereby reflecting the international conversations that happen in the square.
From BBC ● Feb. 19, 2024
Has Jefferson Mays ever met a role — or a root vegetable — that he hesitated to take on?
From New York Times ● Nov. 21, 2022
“Kind of like you...convict choir boy from the root vegetable family.”
From "Al Capone Does My Shirts" by Gennifer Choldenko
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