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Recent Examples of soft-boiled
The result, according to researchers led by chemist Pellegrino Musto, is that there are now many different cooking methods beyond the simple hard- and soft-boiled options.
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Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 7 Feb. 2025
When served in certain kitchens at home or restaurant settings, the wheat noodles are often made from scratch, presented in a hearty, flavorful broth, and are often topped with hard- or soft-boiled eggs, corn, bamboo shoots, seaweed, bean sprouts, and protein such as beef, pork, shrimp, or chicken.
—Daryl Austin, USA TODAY, 2 Jan. 2025
Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 7 Feb. 2025
When served in certain kitchens at home or restaurant settings, the wheat noodles are often made from scratch, presented in a hearty, flavorful broth, and are often topped with hard- or soft-boiled eggs, corn, bamboo shoots, seaweed, bean sprouts, and protein such as beef, pork, shrimp, or chicken.
—Daryl Austin, USA TODAY, 2 Jan. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for soft-boiled
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For instance, the lethal death cap mushroom contains a toxin that is virtually tasteless.—
Gordon G. Chang,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Apr. 2025
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Rob Long - November 7, 2024 11:45 pm Magazine Forbear the tasteless Rob Long - October 25, 2024 4:45 am Magazine Consider the Frito Rob Long - October 18, 2024 4:20 am Magazine The joys of in-person shopping Rob Long - October 11, 2024 5:30 am 123...—
Rob Long,
The Washington Examiner,
20 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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The notion that morning TV talk-show hosts are a vapid lot is, well, not exactly a damning critique, but like so much of Don’t Look Up, it’s held up as a scathing, startling takedown, and Blanchett plays it with the same level of obviousness.—
Tim Grierson,
Vulture,
15 Mar. 2025
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At a time when electronic music is wracked by nostalgia and vapid genre collisions, the most addictive 2020s phonk offers the thrilling promise of a wild new style.—
Kieran Press-Reynolds,
Pitchfork,
26 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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When Rudd, 55, appeared on Fallon's late night show to promote his new A24 movie Death of a Unicorn on Thursday, March 27, Fallon, 50, noted that Rudd has performed in just about every genre of film, television and theater one could imagine — except for the soapiest of soap operas.—
Tommy McArdle,
People.com,
28 Mar. 2025
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There is just cause for the soapier parts: Manet was married, and Morisot wed his brother.—
Julie Belcove,
Robb Report,
23 Nov. 2024
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Bored of an increasingly insipid Premier League season?—
Nick Miller,
New York Times,
7 Apr. 2025
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Performances range from bad to worse (Jude Law as Captain Hook is permanently running on fumes), Neverland is a dreary landscape of muted greens and browns, and the story becomes an insipid take on an adventurous classic.—
Barry Levitt,
TIME,
21 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Measles is highly contagious and can cause a high fever, cough, runny nose, watery eyes, tiny white spots inside the mouth and a rash, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.—
Katie Langford,
Denver Post,
31 Mar. 2025
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The warming spring air is a welcome relief from the bitterly cold winter across much of the US, but millions of seasonal allergy sufferers are getting buried under a pollen tsunami, with sneezing, headaches, watery eyes, and stuffed sinuses sending them right back indoors.—
Umair Irfan,
Vox,
31 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Making this change will save you money, save your clothes from being sudsy and irritating your skin, and save your washing machine the extra trouble of rinsing unnecessary bubbles!—
Mary Catherine McAnnally Scott,
Southern Living,
22 Mar. 2025
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The rig features a full wet bath with a recirculating shower system that reuses 70% of your sudsy bubble-water after filtering and purifying it.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
20 Mar. 2025
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Richard Chamberlain, the handsome leading man who thrilled women as the young star of Dr. Kildare and then centered the epic, melodramatic miniseries Shogun and The Thorn Birds, has died.—
Mike Barnes,
HollywoodReporter,
30 Mar. 2025
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This should play as a melodramatic contrivance — along with the possibility that the shooter could be an angry incel teen named David whom Robby saw at the start of his shift.—
Alan Sepinwall,
Rolling Stone,
21 Mar. 2025
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The cinematography falls flat, or the sets look like styrofoam and carelessness, or the editing fails to present a coherent through-line for the action, or the writing whiffs it.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
28 Mar. 2025
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From a business perspective, the club remains flat.—
Maury Brown,
Forbes.com,
28 Mar. 2025
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“Soft-boiled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/soft-boiled. Accessed 14 Apr. 2025.
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