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Sprinkle poppy seeds on the bread before baking.
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By using readily available staples like cream of chicken soup, sour cream, and cooked chicken, our poppy seed chicken recipe is a handy main dish to make for your next gathering.
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Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 8 May 2026
Whisk in honey, salt, pepper, and poppy seeds (if using) until combined.
—Maddy Bendgen, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 Apr. 2026
The surge of a drug so deadly that less than a poppy seed-sized amount can kill a person comes as fentanyl seizures and overall drug overdose deaths continue a multiyear decline.
—ABC News, 17 Apr. 2026
Nymph-stage ticks, active right now through early summer, are roughly the size of a poppy seed and easy to miss.
—Allison Palmer, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Apr. 2026
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Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 8 May 2026
Whisk in honey, salt, pepper, and poppy seeds (if using) until combined.
—Maddy Bendgen, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 Apr. 2026
The surge of a drug so deadly that less than a poppy seed-sized amount can kill a person comes as fentanyl seizures and overall drug overdose deaths continue a multiyear decline.
—ABC News, 17 Apr. 2026
Nymph-stage ticks, active right now through early summer, are roughly the size of a poppy seed and easy to miss.
—Allison Palmer, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Apr. 2026
See All Example Sentences for poppy seed
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“Poppy seed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/poppy%20seed. Accessed 14 May. 2026.
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