hors d'oeuvre

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Recent Examples of hors d'oeuvre Beverages and hors d'oeuvres will be served. Alex Golden, Axios, 4 Oct. 2024 Get the recipe > Deviled Eggs These classic hors d'oeuvres are welcome at all gatherings, from Easter brunch to the coffee table during the Super Bowl. Saveur Editors, Saveur, 5 Feb. 2025 Ticket includes show, hors d'oeuvres, party favors and Champagne toast at midnight. Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer, 23 Dec. 2024 Pair It With: Fancy hors d'oeuvres or a charcuterie board for an elevated happy hour. Stephanie Gravalese, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for hors d'oeuvre
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Noun
  • Selenium: Excess selenium may cause symptoms like a metallic taste, hair loss, brittle nails, nausea, and nerve damage.
    Patricia Weiser, Verywell Health, 23 July 2025
  • As a founding editor of the leading left-wing arts journal during the Popular Front, the New Masses, Gold became the cultural arbiter of literary taste for the Communist Party USA (CPUSA), pugnaciously denouncing both high modernism and middlebrow literature alike.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 July 2025
Noun
  • Rabies is found in the saliva of infected animals and is transmitted primarily through a bite.
    Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 14 July 2025
  • Add in a rotating selection of oysters, raw bar towers, and one of the city’s most fun bites: Siberian caviar and parmesan custard served in a salted waffle cone.
    Lauren Mowery, Forbes.com, 13 July 2025
Noun
  • Automating the personal touch in social commerce However, while social commerce makes selling more interactive, scale still requires tech support.
    Catherine Erdly, Forbes.com, 14 July 2025
  • While a touch slimmer than the Champ Is Here Pants, the cropped length, technical details, and colorblocked sealed zipper give them a similar vibe.
    Francesca Krempa, Travel + Leisure, 13 July 2025
Noun
  • Here's what to know about our favorite local barbecue spots.
    Mackensy Lunsford, The Tennessean, 26 July 2025
  • No list of the top retirement spots in Portugal would be complete without mention of the Algarve, Portugal's southernmost region.
    Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 25 July 2025
Noun
  • New episodes of The Sandman drop on Netflix at 3 a.m.
    Christopher Rudolph, People.com, 24 July 2025
  • The local decline in veteran homelessness is part of a record-breaking drop across the U.S. since 2010, when the federal government began a focused effort to end homelessness among veterans.
    Jordan Smith, IndyStar, 24 July 2025
Noun
  • Even from the outside, the bathroom door was fully covered in scrap wood, with a moon cut out to resemble an outhouse door.
    Meredith Wilshere, People.com, 20 July 2025
  • The original paint on the pine hardwood is intact if chipped, and several rails are missing—likely sacrificed to wartime scrap drives during filming.
    India Brown, Robb Report, 18 July 2025
Noun
  • The Dodgers still cracked to life against Logan Webb, who last month fed this lineup with a mouthful of cutters to great success.
    Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 12 July 2025
  • He’s quickly engrossed and, every so often, reaches out for a mouthful of corn dog.
    Christopher O'Donnell, The Orlando Sentinel, 20 June 2025
Noun
  • The latter ingredient is served as an almost chicken wing-like seafood appetizer and helps Fanny Bay honor its commitment to serving a sustainable catch.
    Jennifer Cunningham, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 July 2025
  • The Italian chopped salad at The Davidson, Downtown The Parisian-style brasserie from Thunderdome Restaurant Group strikes gold with this bitter, briny and nutty salad that's just as much an entree as an appetizer.
    Keith Pandolfi, The Enquirer, 15 July 2025

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