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Add 2 cups water or broth and simmer for 5 minutes, until slightly thickened and stew-like.
From Salon • May 19, 2026
Since that incident, Gen Bewick says Akrotiri's air defences have been "thickened".
From BBC • Mar. 30, 2026
What’s different now is that artificial intelligence has thickened the plot.
From Barron's • Mar. 5, 2026
Titania's surface features may therefore reflect a cycle in which the ice shell first thinned and later thickened again.
From Science Daily • Mar. 2, 2026
Abuela fed us sancocho, a vegetable stew thickened with mashed tubers, with cornmeal dumplings floating on top.
From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago
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