as in crushed
to reduce to fine particles
bray the seeds using a mortar and pestle
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The tomato sauce is hand-crushed from a blend of tomatoes, herbs are grown in a garden behind the restaurant, and the cheese is shredded fresh daily.—
Tristan Graziano,
Charlotte Observer,
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The one eating the pretzels ate her last pretzel, then crushed the little metallic bag in her fist.—
Catherine Lacey,
New Yorker,
5 Apr. 2026
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When the ball missed, the mascots howled with laughter; one of them, a big yellow mountain lion, pounded the ground.—
Louisa Thomas,
New Yorker,
5 Apr. 2026
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The villagers huddled in their church for protection as Israeli warplanes pounded large swaths of southern and eastern Lebanon while Israeli troops stepped up a ground invasion and Hezbollah kept firing rockets at Israel.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
5 Apr. 2026
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His snapper and one-timer are borderline elite and can cleanly beat goalies from anywhere in the offensive zone (the puck really rattles off his blade).—
Scott Wheeler,
New York Times,
8 Apr. 2026
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The Swedish winger snapped a shot from the high slot that beat Dostal glove-side for his team-leading 73rd point.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
8 Apr. 2026
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The car completely disintegrated, damaging several other vehicles.—
Jessica Riley,
CBS News,
1 Apr. 2026
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United could have disintegrated in the second period, fearing fate was against them.—
Beren Cross,
New York Times,
16 Mar. 2026
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Each day, an FX makeup team used around 400 prosthetics on the passengers, and made 3,000 gel capsules filled with sodium bicarbonate, citric acid and red powdered Kool-Aid.—
Emily Longeretta,
Variety,
6 Mar. 2026
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My eyes scanned the faces around me, all of them powdered in ash.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
17 Feb. 2026
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“Brayed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brayed. Accessed 11 Apr. 2026.
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