fricassee

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Recent Examples of fricassee In 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
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Verb
  • 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.
    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.
    Sadie Sartini Garner, Pitchfork, 24 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • 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.
    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.
    Bon Appétit Staff & Contributors, Bon Appetit Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025

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“Fricassee.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fricassee. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.

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