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Recent Examples of frizzle
Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 29 Oct. 2025
To house their largest animals, like giraffes, rhinos and elephants, to their smallest like frizzle chickens and Asian small-clawed otters, the park was built to serve their 300 species and 5,000-plus animals in honor of Walt Disney’s original philosophy of conservation.
—Katey Clifford, al, 25 Sep. 2020
Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 Feb. 2024
Noun
Meanwhile, a persnickety bank investigator, played by Tilda Swinton in a frizzle of red hair and clompy shoes, approaches Doyle with a serious charge.
—Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 29 Oct. 2025
To house their largest animals, like giraffes, rhinos and elephants, to their smallest like frizzle chickens and Asian small-clawed otters, the park was built to serve their 300 species and 5,000-plus animals in honor of Walt Disney’s original philosophy of conservation.
—Katey Clifford, al, 25 Sep. 2020
Verb
From Julia Child-style French omelets and frizzled eggs to poached and hard-boiled, there are dozens of ways to create your own personal perfect egg recipe (or potentially be at risk for these common egg mistakes).
—Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 Feb. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for frizzle
Noun
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The Bluff actress rocked boho halo braids with her natural curls to show off her ombré dye job.—
Lara Walsh,
InStyle,
25 Feb. 2026
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With a simple glance or curl of the lip, our brains learn more about a character than five pages of a dialogue ever could tell us.—
Chris O'Falt,
IndieWire,
25 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Move the pot into brighter light, keeping in mind that direct sun can scorch the leaves.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
22 Feb. 2026
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And, yes, Jung is scorching balls out of the gate.—
Evan Grant,
Dallas Morning News,
22 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Ingredients are prepped in a central kitchen and cooked at the restaurant’s various locations by Robby.—
Jenn Harris,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Feb. 2026
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Barrington Elementary For more than a decade, Claudia Lopez joined other Barrington Elementary School mothers to cook a meal of turkey, potato salad, mashed potatoes, cornbread and chocoflan for Thanksgiving.—
Keri Heath,
Austin American Statesman,
23 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Using the pie analogy — everybody loves pie — the argument shouldn’t be over how the current pie is sliced, but to bake a much bigger, sweeter pie for everybody, the fan and consumer among them.—
Evan Grant,
Dallas Morning News,
26 Feb. 2026
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To make the cake layers ahead, bake and cool according to the recipe.—
Symiah Dorsey,
Southern Living,
25 Feb. 2026
Verb
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The pasta is broiled until big, charred bubbles form across the surface, then it’s showered with grated Parmesan cheese and dressed with crispy breadcrumbs and chile flakes.—
Jenn Harris,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Feb. 2026
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Be sure to broil the salmon at least six inches below the heating element to prevent the crust from burning.—
Martha Stewart,
Martha Stewart,
5 Feb. 2026
Verb
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The Cedar Gulch wildfire in Burnet County burned 237 acres, the Turkey Creek fire in Williamson County scorched 14 acres, and the Old Highway fire in Hays County charred 19 acres.—
Newsroom Meteorologist,
Austin American Statesman,
25 Feb. 2026
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What seems to be the top sirloin cut of beef is thinly sliced into strips, piled high and impeccably charred.—
Andre James,
Charlotte Observer,
25 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Extreme weather filled the headlines and the social media feeds all year, up to nearly the end as parts of Southern California — where fire had turned neighborhoods to ash in January — drowned in atmospheric rivers of rain.—
Shaun McKinnon,
AZCentral.com,
29 Dec. 2025
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The ambush is delivered courtesy of the Mangkwan Clan, a cult of kamikaze hedonists who rejected Eywa after a volcano reduced their corner of Pandora to ash, but the RDA is happy to seize on the chaos and launch their final attack on the Metkayina’s oceanic stronghold.—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
16 Dec. 2025
Verb
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Surveillance footage reviewed by police showed the man holding a flammable item, igniting the fire and kicking the item towards the victim.—
Tim Fang,
CBS News,
28 Feb. 2026
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Still, Meek’s traditionalist impulses often ignite his best songs.—
Dean Van Nguyen,
Pitchfork,
27 Feb. 2026
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“Frizzle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/frizzle. Accessed 1 Mar. 2026.
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