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Recent Examples of frizzle
Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 Feb. 2024
Katey Clifford, al, 25 Sep. 2020
Noun
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
Verb
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for frizzle
Noun
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Forgoing her usual twisted updo, Williams styled her hair in loose curls, cascading down the front of her body; her ends finished just below her chest.—
Kaleigh Werner,
Footwear News,
25 Sep. 2025
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Press-and-curls recall preparation for special occasions and milestones.—
Essence,
Essence,
25 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Le Creuset Stoneware Heritage Rectangular Dish This baking dish is crafted from durable stone that maintains even temperatures and prevents scorching.—
Emily Weaver,
PEOPLE,
20 Sep. 2025
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Potent scenes fail to be as intense as Taylor’s grind-you-up performance that scorches everything and everyone around her.—
Randy Myers,
Mercury News,
19 Sep. 2025
Verb
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On some days, Gupta cooks inside it, showing how food can also be memory, art, and healing.—
Dada Jovanovic,
ABC News,
28 Sep. 2025
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Drizzle with more oil and get the wings well coated before cooking.—
Cody Godwin,
USA Today,
28 Sep. 2025
Verb
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And while other passive homes from the ’80s and ’90s were often flooded with light, reducing their efficiency, or involved complicated manual shading and cooling features, here the dome’s overhang blocks direct light, so the interiors are bright but don’t bake in the sun.—
Kim Velsey,
Curbed,
30 Sep. 2025
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Transfer skillet to oven; bake until a meat thermometer inserted into thickest portion of pork registers 140°F, about 10 minutes.—
Melinda Salchert,
Southern Living,
29 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The bread is broiled, slathered in a homemade fondue-like beer cheese sauce, then broiled once more to create a toast that’s crunchy on the bottom and lusciously-creamy on top.—
Karla Walsh,
Better Homes & Gardens,
21 Sep. 2025
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They're built and broiled in one skillet, and are ready to eat in just 25 minutes.—
Alana Al-Hatlani,
Southern Living,
21 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Firefighters quickly extinguished the fire, which charred about a 10-by-10-foot patch of vegetation between the northbound and southbound lanes of South Mission Road near Airpark Road, Choi said.—
Karen Kucher,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
23 Sep. 2025
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Artemis 2 was initially expected to launch this year, but NASA pushed the mission into 2026 after the Artemis 1 Orion capsule's heat shield charred more severely than expected during its reentry to Earth's atmosphere.—
Tariq Malik,
Space.com,
23 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Waltman hand-carves each of her patterns and uses slip and ash glaze to add contrasting tones.—
Jennifer Prince,
Southern Living,
10 Sep. 2025
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Nineteen people were killed, and more than 4,400 homes were reduced to ash and toxic rubble.—
Jill Cowan,
New York Times,
19 Aug. 2025
Verb
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New York Giants wide receiver Malik Nabers suffered a knee injury, feared to be a torn ACL, in the team’s Sunday afternoon win over the Los Angeles Chargers, igniting more conversation about playing on turf fields.—
Saad Yousuf,
New York Times,
29 Sep. 2025
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The duo’s personal collection of vintage outdoor furniture was ignited by a visit to Les Puces market in Paris.—
Sydney Gore,
Architectural Digest,
29 Sep. 2025
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“Frizzle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/frizzle. Accessed 3 Oct. 2025.
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