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noddles

noun

plural of noddle

as in heads

the upper or front part of the body that contains the brain, the major sense organs, and the mouth tapped his noddle to indicate he was thinking

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Before the paddock heads to Madrid for the last European race of the season, here’s the latest edition of our post-race F1 mailbag.

— Madeline Coleman, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
Your best FinOps practitioners’ instincts are the raw material for this next wave, and the organizations that pull ahead will capture that expertise as policy an agent can act on, rather than leaving it locked in a few people’s heads.

— Devendra Rajput, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2026

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Anyone who has worked with fresh pasta knows the line between al dente and flabby noodles is infinitesimally fine.

— Sean Timberlake, Sacbee.com, 8 Sep. 2026
The pasta—a hair clump of noodles in a soupy, sweetish tomato sauce—came in one of those parsimonious bowls with a small hollow in the middle and a rim as broad as Saturn’s rings.

— Ruby Tandoh, New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2026

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Today’s recipe One key to the success of Daniele Uditi’s pasta e fagioli is the beans — pale yellow Peruanos from Mexico by way of Peru instead of the more traditional Italian cannellini beans.

— Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2026
Nonprofits sell food like ham and beans, hot chocolate, and bread-bowl soup.

— Julia Sayers Gokhale, Midwest Living, 2 Sep. 2026

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The Pro Bowl began in 1950 and was played in warm-weather cities or domes for all but the 1974 game, which was held at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City.

— Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 3 Sep. 2026
This, in turn, removes primary-circuit pressure risks and eliminates the requirement for bulky, high-pressure containment domes.

— Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 2 Sep. 2026

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