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Noun
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The event also included gourmet appetizers, craft cocktails, live music and guest speakers, including county District Attorney Summer Stephan.—
La Jolla Light,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
25 Apr. 2026 -
The menu includes other appetizers from the grill like chorizo, sweetbreads and romanesco and raw bar selections like beef or tuna tartare, octopus carpaccio, hamachi and oysters.—
Connie Ogle,
Miami Herald,
24 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Most pests make little nibbles on plants, but groundhogs take big bites out of tomatoes, cabbage heads, and other crops.—
Lauren Landers,
Better Homes & Gardens,
17 Apr. 2026
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Even when food is scarce, if a deer nibbles on a citrus plant, the bitter flavor usually prompts them to move on without fully consuming it.—
SJ McShane,
Martha Stewart,
14 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Beyond game day wings, customers can expect pizzas, burgers, sandwiches and salads, among other classic bar bites.—
Tanasia Kenney,
Charlotte Observer,
27 Apr. 2026
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Bricken started over at age 50 and worked 20-hour days to build the cookie dough empire that produces more than a million cookie dough and gelato bites every single week.—
Sheryl Estrada,
Fortune,
27 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The possibility of a Chase and Taylor flirtation causing a rift with Miranda is briefly raised and just as swiftly quashed — through large mouthfuls of chips and salsa, Taylor assures Miranda at the sip-and-see that there is no there there.—
Kathleen Walsh,
Vulture,
12 Mar. 2026
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But now, the future of Lucille’s American Cafe, a Weston comfort-food institution serving up mouthfuls of nostalgia since 1999, is unclear.—
Phillip Valys,
Sun Sentinel,
20 Aug. 2025
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“Canapés.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/canap%C3%A9s. Accessed 29 Apr. 2026.
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