lard

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Recent Examples of lard This expensive, but frequently cheap-looking, placeholder is historical, but larded up with clunky fiction. Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 July 2024 But the new season suffers from both a surfeit of ideas and a lack of vision, relegating beloved relationships to the background while larding the show with characters and story lines that fail to compel. Inkoo Kang, The New Yorker, 29 June 2024 The suit claims the documents larded the value of such prominent and personally significant holdings as his Trump Tower penthouse in New York and his Mar-a-Lago club and home in Florida, as well as golf courses, hotels, a Wall Street office building and more. Jennifer Peltz The Associated Press, arkansasonline.com, 14 Dec. 2023 Internet video giant YouTube larded its coffers with $7.95 billion in ad revenue for third quarter of 2023, representing a 12.5% year-over-year increase, as parent Alphabet overall topped Wall Street forecasts. Todd Spangler, Variety, 24 Oct. 2023 See All Example Sentences for lard
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Verb
  • Kansas City Federal Reserve President Jeffrey Schmid on Friday said concern about future inflation led to his vote against this week’s quarter-point cut in the benchmark fed fund rate.
    Sean Conlon,Hugh Leask, CNBC, 31 Oct. 2025
  • In the background, some analysts are now resigned to the notion that Fed Chair Jerome Powell’s remarks on Wednesday were gloomier than expected and that there may not be another interest rate cut in December.
    Jim Edwards, Fortune, 31 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Owners of the 2015 Chevy Equinox LS frequently report engine issues because of oil leaks that cause parts of the engine to not be oiled properly, according to ReRev, a car advice website.
    Gina Lee Castro, jsonline.com, 30 Oct. 2025
  • Once your table is ready, heat up your grill on the burner—use a small piece of fat to oil the grill, or a paper towel lightly soaked in vegetable or sesame oil.
    Irene Yoo September 26, Literary Hub, 26 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • American Bison The 2026 American Bison stamp is inset with artwork from a 1923 stamp that also featured an American Bison.
    Greta Cross, USA Today, 29 Oct. 2025
  • Main image, an Elon Musk dummy is beheaded on stage, inset, an image of Musk.
    Theo Burman, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Take the talks on full-year appropriations bills, which could grease the Senate floor for a compromise three-bill package with the House and potentially another package of funding bills.
    Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 30 Oct. 2025
  • Lightly grease three ¾-inch-wide whisk or wooden spoon handles.
    Jenavieve Christensen, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Trump and conservatives, overall, are obsessed with tarring California — to them, the apotheosis of liberalism — as a violent, lawless, anti-American hellscape.
    Max Taves, Mercury News, 11 June 2025
  • Some loyalists were tarred and feathered, scalped, or even hanged.
    Greg Daugherty, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 June 2025
Verb
  • Both directors have observed stan-worthy deep dives on social media, especially in TikTok videos, where fans are combing through moments of foreshadowing or character details that the filmmakers weaved into the story with love.
    Brittany Spanos, Rolling Stone, 28 Oct. 2025
  • Construction of the gown weaved intricate embroidery with crystal embellishments, articulating sensuality and a regal presence.
    Julia Teti, Footwear News, 28 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Beyond causing poor performance, old gasoline resins can gum up fuel lines and carburetors, wreaking havoc on your engine’s fuel delivery system.
    Kamron Sanders, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 Oct. 2025
  • Losses accelerated following Trump’s tariff threat, which could gum up global trade and lead the economy to burn less fuel.
    Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 11 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Rated to keep you warm in temps down to 14 degrees Fahrenheit, this quality soft wool cashmere Aritzia coat has a slim silhouette, princess seams for shaping, and an ultra-thin vegan suede interlining for added warmth and wind protection.
    Alesandra Dubin, Travel + Leisure, 26 Sep. 2025
  • This practice, called interlining, gives passengers the ability to get to more parts of the city without transferring trains.
    Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 9 Dec. 2024

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