grinders

plural of grinder
as in submarines
a large sandwich on a long split roll ordered a meatball grinder from the beach's concession stand

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Recent Examples of grinders The best player in the country this year will undoubtedly be a guard, linebacker or some other less than glamourous position at some less than glamourous school, but only the film grinders will know. Darren Cooper, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026 New items this year include pickle pies, apple donut ham grinders, mango sticky rice refreshers and longanisa cheese curd lumpia. Catherine Garcia, TheWeek, 4 Aug. 2026 Robert Mynatt, the roastmaster at Volcanica Coffee, says that espresso requires an extremely fine grind, one that many home grinders (primarily blade grinders) are unable to evenly and consistently produce. Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Aug. 2026 One of those was Louis Sinclair, one of New Zealand’s grinders whose legs were severely damaged in the accident and is still facing a long recovery after extensive surgery and ongoing rehabilitation. Andrew Rice, New York Times, 25 July 2026 Season in Layers Adjacent to tasting and adjusting, seasoning in layers encourages cooks to keep those salt pigs and pepper grinders handy. Randi Gollin, Martha Stewart, 16 July 2026 Truly excellent drip coffee makers for the multiple mugs a day crowd from Technivorm, coffee grinders from Oxo, and travel cups from Zojirushi. Adam Campbell-Schmitt, Bon Appetit Magazine, 24 June 2026 Actually, these are anything but those same White Sox that wallowed in all that misery the last three years — but rather a team of young, energetic grinders, the product of a near-total roster overhaul by general manager Chris Getz. Bill Madden, New York Daily News, 13 June 2026 Between the metropolitan cathedral and presidential palace, Juan Carlos, one of the city’s many organ grinders, says tourists are starting to arrive from the world over. Michael Rios, CNN Money, 10 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for grinders
Noun
  • The site will eventually build Australia’s SSN-AUKUS submarines under the security partnership involving Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Trade tensions with South Korea did not preclude greater collaboration on nuclear submarines.
    Kurt M. Campbell, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • In a sense, there are three heroes and villains, and there was never a question that [the women] were not expendable, whereas everyone else around them was, depending on how the story worked.
    Max Gao, Variety, 19 Aug. 2026
  • That’s the same stage that heroes of mine have been on — James Earl Jones and Vanessa Redgrave.
    Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 17 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • In addition, such subs can be used for boring routine patrols or be sent into hostile environments without risking sailors or much more valuable platforms.
    David Szondy August 17, New Atlas, 17 Aug. 2026
  • The last of the new subs isn’t due to join the fleet until 2038.
    Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 8 Aug. 2026

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“Grinders.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grinders. Accessed 23 Aug. 2026.

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