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Noun
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Family-friendly activities include arts and crafts, video games, physical movement activities, interactive spray paint murals, corn hole and hop-scotch, all along the South Dock.—
Saleema Syed,
Chicago Tribune,
19 May 2025 -
Grandma usually trades in her love and care for some choice chores, including help with shucking fresh corn for creamed corn or buttery sauteed corn.—
Kaitlyn Yarborough,
Southern Living,
17 May 2025
Noun
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Doerr, meanwhile, creates a tender kind of suspense, alive and surprising and hopeful without careening into schmaltz.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Apr. 2025
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Do not skip the rich, crispy schmaltz toasts, which take this dip up a level.—
SAVEUR Editors,
Saveur,
5 Feb. 2025
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“Corniness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/corniness. Accessed 25 May. 2025.
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