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Recent Examples of fricasseeIn 2015, the Firebirds were fricasseed by Imhotep, 40-0, before the game was halted with 2:51 left in the first quarter by mutual agreement between the teams.—Aaron Carter, Philly.com, 1 Nov. 2017
Ferrara’s arrival in New York City and subsequent entry into the movie business is presented as something like a case of recidivism, a dive from suburban gentility into the cauldron of steaming garbage that was Fun City–era Manhattan.
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Nick Pinkerton,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Oct. 2025
The clip then smash-cuts to a scene of Bruce as a child listening to his parents fight in the next room, and we’re meant to understand that the joy and power that steams off of the stage is a cure for the pain of childhood wounds.
This marvelous oven has an eight-in-one function with multiple cooking modes to slow cook, braise, bake, and make brown rice, white rice, pasta, and oats.
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Alicia Geigel,
Southern Living,
20 Aug. 2025
Dishes are hearty and built around big flavors: a salty-sweet slab of thick-cut bacon braised in fish sauce and served on a pandan waffle; furiously spicy đụ má’ hot sauce electrifying a breakfast burrito.
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