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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
First, compared to grinders like Fellow's Opus and Baratza's Encore ESP, the Philos uses bigger, better burrs.
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Noah Kaufman, Bon Appetit Magazine, 20 Jan. 2026
His staff features former pros, but lacks grinders, even though records obtained by USA Today as of October 2025 showed 57 coaches and support staff, including a bodyguard.
—Troy Renck, Denver Post, 30 Dec. 2025
Footage from museum cameras showed that the two who broke into the ornate Apollo Gallery used grinders to cut into jewelry display cases.
—CBS News, 28 Nov. 2025
Coffee snobs know that having one of the best coffee grinders in your arsenal is imperative.
—Jack Byram, Architectural Digest, 7 Nov. 2025
On a Sunday morning two weeks ago, two men parked a movers’ lift outside the Louvre, rode up to the second storey, smashed a window, cracked open display cases with angle grinders, and then fled on the back of scooters driven by two accomplices in a heist lasting less than seven minutes.
—Reuters, NBC news, 2 Nov. 2025
Across town, Mark Fontana leaned over a slab of granite in a monument manufacturing shop located right next to the Italian cemetery, full of headstones in various stages, giant stone cutting machines, diamond-grinders and a room for sandblasting headstones.
—Chris Kenning, USA Today, 25 Oct. 2025
Also collected as evidence at the crime scene was a blanket, two angle grinders used to cut through the window of the gallery and the display cases inside, a walkie-talkie, gasoline and a blowtorch, as well as the glove and helmet that contained the DNA.
—Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 23 Oct. 2025
The suspects accessed the Galerie d'Apollon (Apollo Gallery) through a window that was forced open and entered the building carrying small chainsaws and angle grinders.
—Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 22 Oct. 2025
Noah Kaufman, Bon Appetit Magazine, 20 Jan. 2026
His staff features former pros, but lacks grinders, even though records obtained by USA Today as of October 2025 showed 57 coaches and support staff, including a bodyguard.
—Troy Renck, Denver Post, 30 Dec. 2025
Footage from museum cameras showed that the two who broke into the ornate Apollo Gallery used grinders to cut into jewelry display cases.
—CBS News, 28 Nov. 2025
Coffee snobs know that having one of the best coffee grinders in your arsenal is imperative.
—Jack Byram, Architectural Digest, 7 Nov. 2025
On a Sunday morning two weeks ago, two men parked a movers’ lift outside the Louvre, rode up to the second storey, smashed a window, cracked open display cases with angle grinders, and then fled on the back of scooters driven by two accomplices in a heist lasting less than seven minutes.
—Reuters, NBC news, 2 Nov. 2025
Across town, Mark Fontana leaned over a slab of granite in a monument manufacturing shop located right next to the Italian cemetery, full of headstones in various stages, giant stone cutting machines, diamond-grinders and a room for sandblasting headstones.
—Chris Kenning, USA Today, 25 Oct. 2025
Also collected as evidence at the crime scene was a blanket, two angle grinders used to cut through the window of the gallery and the display cases inside, a walkie-talkie, gasoline and a blowtorch, as well as the glove and helmet that contained the DNA.
—Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 23 Oct. 2025
The suspects accessed the Galerie d'Apollon (Apollo Gallery) through a window that was forced open and entered the building carrying small chainsaws and angle grinders.
—Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 22 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for grinders
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The military has spent three decades building its own fleet of ships and submarines with production ramped up over the past years in anticipation of possible naval showdown.—
Mostafa Salem,
CNN Money,
29 Jan. 2026
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The Navy’s fleet of 16 E-6B aircraft was working under the TACOMO (take charge and move out) plan, which, although similar to Looking Glass, was focused on relaying orders to the country’s nuclear submarines.—
Abhishek Bhardwaj,
Interesting Engineering,
27 Jan. 2026
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Indie Sparks writes strong heroines whose knees go weak for cinnamon roll heroes with dirty mouths and the skills to walk the talk.—
Meg Miller,
Austin American Statesman,
31 Jan. 2026
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That's when Stockton was officially recognized as the hometown and birthplace of these four hometown heroes.—
Carmela Karcher,
CBS News,
31 Jan. 2026
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Inside my briefcase was a fat folder that contained all my material takeoffs, the bids from subs, and a dot-matrix printout of a basic spreadsheet showing all of the costs, along with the total cost.—
Tribune News Service,
Baltimore Sun,
3 Feb. 2026
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There is a limit of one deal per order and certain subs don’t qualify for the discount—like the Festive subs, 5 Meat Italian and Big Hot Pastrami.—
Sabrina Weiss,
PEOPLE,
3 Feb. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Grinders.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grinders. Accessed 7 Feb. 2026.
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