Definition of cornnext
as in sludge
something (as a work of literature or music) that is too sentimental a story about a lost puppy that was pure corn

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Recent Examples of corn Villalobos realized something was wrong when her 31-year-old son, Giovanni Luna Villalobos, didn’t show up to eat pozole corn soup at her birthday party. Bloomberg, Mercury News, 4 June 2026 There are pests to deal with like the corn earworm that aggressively chewed away at corn crops in recent years. Alan Gionet, CBS News, 4 June 2026 Baked beans While the restaurant offers several side options, such as green beans, mashed potatoes, and seasoned corn, Texas Roadhouse no longer carries baked beans — which are common at steakhouses. Natassia Paloma, USA Today, 4 June 2026 Childs learned to love the Maquoketa River growing up on a nearby corn and hog farm. ABC News, 4 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for corn
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sludge
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  • Every bucket, every rebound, every screen oozed difficulty, as if each player was covered in sludge.
    Chris Branch, New York Times, 4 June 2026
  • The backlash was so extensive, Gutierrez ended up backtracking on the lucrative gig entirely, in one of the clearest signs yet that AI has become toxic sludge to much of the audience Amazon is trying to woo.
    Victor Tangermann, Futurism, 3 June 2026

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“Corn.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/corn. Accessed 11 Jun. 2026.

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