sprat

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Recent Examples of sprat Local delicacies include rye bread, sprat sandwiches, the Estonian pastry Pirukad, Mulgipuder which is a porridge of mashed potatoes and barley and Kohuke, a sweet cheese curd and chocolate snack. Rebecca Ann Hughes, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024 Her family’s Christmas lunch includes two versions of Jansson’s temptation (one with sprats, one without) and, of course, schnapps and singing. Eric Kim, New York Times, 20 Dec. 2023 The fish’s brine perfumes the cream with warm spices, such as nutmeg and cinnamon, and the sprats themselves melt into oblivion after a long bake. Eric Kim, New York Times, 20 Dec. 2023 The store’s shelves are stocked with sausages, many-layered honey cake, tinned sprats from Latvia, and other Eastern European goods. Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 11 July 2023 Baltic Sea sprat smoked with heather and chamomile, say — to stretch your taste beyond its comfort zone and perhaps prime your next order. New York Times, 26 Aug. 2021 If left to swim downstream by themselves, some of the sprats would get lost and overheated in the stagnant reservoirs behind each dam; despite screens, others would be ground up in the turbines. Patrick Symmes, Harper's magazine, 28 Oct. 2019 In the Baltic Sea, juvenile herring and sprat – another small herring-like fish – have more food available to them in warm years than in cool years, and have also benefited from warming. Chris Free, The Conversation, 19 Aug. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sprat
Noun
  • Rocky Gap participates in the Maryland Park Service's Scales & Tales education program for kids.
    Trudy Haywood Saunders, Travel + Leisure, 2 Mar. 2025
  • Julie Andrews as Maria Andrews starred as Maria, the precocious and inspirational governess who helps the von Trapp kids learn to embrace music and family — and later becomes their stepmother.
    Keith Langston, People.com, 2 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • As a first-generation college graduate with an MBA, Mata was able to make a middle-class life for her child.
    Daisy Verduzco Reyes, Los Angeles Times, 5 Mar. 2025
  • She was obliged, as an enslaved woman in the antebellum South, to labor in his household for him, his wife and his children.
    Sara Georgini, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Two of the victims were juveniles, and the third victim was an elderly woman, later identified as Desir.
    Greg Wehner, Fox News, 28 Feb. 2025
  • Following the incident, Cambridge Police were able to identify multiple juveniles suspected to be involved in the incident.
    Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 26 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • There are at least three different episodes that feature mama bears coming out of hibernation and looking for different ways to feed her twin — always twin — cubs.
    Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Feb. 2025
  • The zoo shared a clip of the cubs emerging from their private den with their mother Shala.
    Kerry Breen, CBS News, 14 Feb. 2025

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“Sprat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sprat. Accessed 15 Mar. 2025.

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