dredge

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Recent Examples of dredge Just ask Rick Bragg, who has spent a lifetime in the South cultivating a love story with the dish and forming his own stubborn beliefs about everything from the seasoning to how the chicken is dredged. Rick Bragg, Southern Living, 31 Mar. 2025 It can also be used as a breading or dredge for frying. Catherine Jessee, Southern Living, 15 Mar. 2025 Bastianich’s tips include picking a firm, fresh eggplant, cutting it in thick slices, dredging them in flour and panfrying before draining, cooling, rolling, nestling in the sauce and baking until bubbly. The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Mar. 2025 The most common type of novel, though, is the one that’s mundanely descriptive of Life During the Pandemic—stories that feel as if they’ve been dredged from the author’s memories of it. Lily Meyer, The Atlantic, 11 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for dredge
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Verb
  • The couple searched for someone who could offer something more.
    David Armstrong, ProPublica, 8 May 2025
  • Crow-Armstrong could be on his way to his first All-Star selection this year, while the Mets are searching for answers in centerfield.
    Aaliyan Mohammed, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 May 2025
Verb
  • Nash Core and his 11-year-old son, Parker, discovered the shark while flying a drone along the beach during a crab raking trip.
    Anthony Robledo, USA Today, 2 May 2025
  • The red-hot Trent Grisham returned to the team and the leadoff spot following paternity leave, while the raking Ben Rice occupied the three-hole for the first time this season.
    Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 25 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • The Gestapo, Hitler’s secret police, combed the Poles’ ranks in search of men with experience in clandestine resistance organizations.
    Paul Hockenos, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 May 2025
  • President Donald Trump’s evolving tariff policies have added more turbulence to the sector in recent weeks, and many investors are combing for signs of demand pressure.
    Samantha Subin, CNBC, 7 May 2025
Verb
  • Authorities said his car was found at the Mount Adams trailhead, while his remains were found on the Allen Mountain Trail.
    Saleen Martin, USA Today, 14 May 2025
  • Try to find a place that will block blowing or falling debris.
    CA Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 13 May 2025
Verb
  • Among the photos in the carousel was a snap of a family outing to Disneyland, posing by the tree at Christmas, and Kourtney at a baby scan before welcoming their son, Rocky Thirteen.
    Latoya Gayle, People.com, 12 May 2025
  • Stuart-Smith’s team would digitally scan the tree before casting it as a full-size bronze sculpture.
    Rosa Rahimi, CNN Money, 9 May 2025

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“Dredge.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dredge. Accessed 22 May. 2025.

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