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Recent Examples of curdle
This is going to curdle the dynamics for the rest of the season.
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Tom Smyth, Vulture, 31 July 2025
But a major investment in free-agent starter Corbin Burnes has already curdled, and general manager Mike Hazen could recoup a good bit of talent in a seller’s market this month.
—The Athletic Mlb Staff, New York Times, 8 July 2025
This seeming paradise of capitalism soon curdles into a prison that strips the survivors of their humanity, yet at the same time Romero never forgets the humanity that the mass of zombies once had.
—James Grebey, Time, 20 June 2025
Wife guy, always a little mocking, curdled into the plainly pejorative.
—Jeremy Gordon, The Atlantic, 9 June 2025
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Tom Smyth, Vulture, 31 July 2025
But a major investment in free-agent starter Corbin Burnes has already curdled, and general manager Mike Hazen could recoup a good bit of talent in a seller’s market this month.
—The Athletic Mlb Staff, New York Times, 8 July 2025
This seeming paradise of capitalism soon curdles into a prison that strips the survivors of their humanity, yet at the same time Romero never forgets the humanity that the mass of zombies once had.
—James Grebey, Time, 20 June 2025
Wife guy, always a little mocking, curdled into the plainly pejorative.
—Jeremy Gordon, The Atlantic, 9 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for curdle
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Public sentiment was already souring as inflation and living costs skyrocketed.—
Jessie Yeung,
CNN Money,
3 Oct. 2025
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Alonso is a beloved member of the Mets, but last year's negotiations likely soured him on the team's front office.—
Michael Hurley,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Oct. 2025
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In the wake of recent reports linking them again, Kate's ex-husband Jon and estranged son, Collin Gosselin, called her out publicly.—
Liza Esquibias,
PEOPLE,
1 Oct. 2025
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In the play, Farrow played Sharon, a lonely Iowa woman – estranged from her adult son, divorced from her husband – who decides to take a boarder into her large farmhouse.—
Denise Petski,
Deadline,
30 Sep. 2025
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Sometimes the sauce is finished with butter to thicken and enrich the mix.—
Cathy Thomas,
Oc Register,
30 Sep. 2025
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Whisk in the flour and cook for 1 to 2 minutes, or until the flour begins to thicken and form a paste.—
Alana Al-Hatlani,
Southern Living,
28 Sep. 2025
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Up next will be the construction of new water quality testing lab space in a building previously dedicated to flocculation, or getting particles to clump together for easier removal.—
Frederick Melo,
Twin Cities,
26 Sep. 2025
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Time for some more electrolytes, but it’s clumped in the tube!—
R29 Team,
Refinery29,
19 Sep. 2025
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“Curdle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/curdle. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.
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