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Recent Examples of enchilada
Students moved from booth to booth sampling everything from Cajun pasta and cheesy enchilada bake to sushi rolls and strawberry pancake puffs.
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Daniel Wilkerson, CBS News, 17 Feb. 2026
Those willing to spend a little more should consider the asada ala tampiqueña ($28), a generous portion of skirt steak served with guacamole, pico de gallo, rice and an enchilada.
—Sarah Blaskovich, Dallas Morning News, 10 Feb. 2026
They're built from intensely flavorful ingredients like lemongrass, kimchi, and gochujang—think coconut curry chickpeas and enchilada-style black beans.
—Andrea Strong, Bon Appetit Magazine, 12 Jan. 2026
Lunch enchilada, taco or combo platters are about $14 weekdays.
—Bud Kennedy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 Dec. 2025
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Daniel Wilkerson, CBS News, 17 Feb. 2026
Those willing to spend a little more should consider the asada ala tampiqueña ($28), a generous portion of skirt steak served with guacamole, pico de gallo, rice and an enchilada.
—Sarah Blaskovich, Dallas Morning News, 10 Feb. 2026
They're built from intensely flavorful ingredients like lemongrass, kimchi, and gochujang—think coconut curry chickpeas and enchilada-style black beans.
—Andrea Strong, Bon Appetit Magazine, 12 Jan. 2026
Lunch enchilada, taco or combo platters are about $14 weekdays.
—Bud Kennedy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for enchilada
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The event, which was launched in New York by a group of 300 bagel enthusiasts in 2019, is expected to attract up to 1,000 attendees and bring together top bagel makers, plus live demos, panel discussions, competitions and of course bagel and schmear sampling.—
Richard Guzman,
Daily News,
18 Feb. 2026
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The point is to rip the bagels, reveal their hot, fluffy interior, and dip them into the schmear.—
Kaley Fedko,
CBS News,
6 Feb. 2026
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This scenario is bad news for anyone who requires their B movies to do more than resemble role-playing video games, and great news for viewers content to simply bask in the glory of Zazie Beetz stabbing, shooting, kicking, cold-cocking, running, jumping, and serving up righteous vengeance in bulk.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
26 Mar. 2026
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Wholesale clubs are retail stores that sell a wide variety of items, often in larger quantities or in bulk.—
Ryley Amond,
CNBC,
26 Mar. 2026
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Bo Bichette didn't have a great first weekend in a New York Mets uniform, going 1-for-14 on the whole and failing to come through with runners in scoring position twice during the late innings of Sunday's series finale, which wound up becoming the Mets' first loss of the season.—
Jackson Roberts,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Mar. 2026
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Reimagining the building in whole or in part as a residence is a thrilling idea (and Francis Ford Coppola did it most recently, in his bizarre and wildly ambitious film Megalopolis), but the economics of conversion will be trickier than for the Flatiron.—
Christopher Bonanos,
Curbed,
27 Mar. 2026
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While factions of the Democratic Party were responsible for the rise of the KKK right after the Civil War, it’s not widely believed that the entirety of the party endorsed the formation of the white supremacist group.—
Jack Dunn,
Variety,
28 Mar. 2026
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Ru awards it to the crew for having to watch the entirety of what must have been the most cursed puppet show since Being John Malkovich.—
Rebecca Alter,
Vulture,
28 Mar. 2026
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Researchers have also observed promising improvements in metabolic markers and better preservation of lean muscle mass, says Burns.—
Daryl Austin,
USA Today,
28 Mar. 2026
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In 2017 alone, the Islamic State group claimed responsibility for two bombings of churches in Egypt on Palm Sunday as well as the mass shooting of pilgrims traveling to a monastery in southern Egypt.—
Candace Lukasik,
The Conversation,
27 Mar. 2026
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“Enchilada.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enchilada. Accessed 31 Mar. 2026.
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