potluck

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Recent Examples of potluck Dill Pickle Chickpea Salad An excellent option for a refreshingly tangy side dish for any backyard barbecue, summer potluck, or as a quick and tasty weeknight dinner. Claudia Alarcón, Forbes.com, 30 June 2025 The method is so approachable, there is no reason why this can't be your go-to for a potluck or family gathering. Patricia S York, Southern Living, 2 Aug. 2025 Congregation members brought tables full of food for a potluck after mass. Anna Ortiz, Chicago Tribune, 30 July 2025 If you're headed to a summer BBQ or potluck, bring a tray of these Million Dollar Chocolate Chip Cookies. Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for potluck
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Noun
  • Vizcaya Pride: Celebrating Miami’s LGBTQ+ history and community with art, performances, and garden picnics.
    Alexandra Emanuelli, Southern Living, 7 Aug. 2025
  • Walk, run, hike, swim, picnic – choose your own adventure.
    Jason Mastrodonato, Mercury News, 5 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Ferd & Gladys Alpert Jewish Family Service (Alpert JFS) held a barbecue for participants of their Mentoring 4 Kids Program at Okeeheelee Park in West Palm Beach on July 27.
    Jessica Tzikas, Sun Sentinel, 12 Aug. 2025
  • Williams said in a news briefing streamed by WDIV that the incident began when a man complained about noise with people having a barbecue behind the apartment.
    Mike Stunson, Kansas City Star, 12 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Corn on the cob is pretty much required for a cookout, and eating is already going to get a bit messy when ribs are also on the menu.
    Cameron Beall, Southern Living, 14 Aug. 2025
  • These days, Zhu is there on his own, the kitchen has been refurbished, and a homemade cookout on the roof is as wild as the scene gets.
    Wendy Goodman, Curbed, 8 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • The outlet also reported that there are concerns the President could go against protocol and bring up politics while making his traditional speech at his state banquet.
    Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 28 July 2025
  • Owner Charan Jit Singh runs the space which also doubles as a banquet hall.
    Olivia Cyrus July 20, Sacbee.com, 20 July 2025
Noun
  • Expect more than 50 handmade dim sum items to choose from, along with Beijing roast duck and plenty of other Chinese rice and noodle dishes.
    Heidi Finley, Charlotte Observer, 6 Aug. 2025
  • The meat is cut down into hundreds of different products: several different flavors of brats, beef bacon, oxtail, beef tongue, rump roast, hanger steak, short ribs, skirt steak, bone broth, etc.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 5 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Put this together, top with crackers and pecans, and enjoy some downtime while this bakes in the oven.
    Jenna Sims, Southern Living, 7 Aug. 2025
  • Poppy Bakery makes simple, beautiful, small-batch baked goods Gorski bakes in small batches, with ingredients highlighting peak seasonality.
    Rachel Bernhard, jsonline.com, 4 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • But the nonstop murder is keeping Hutch from making it home in time for dinner, away from his kids, and being around in general.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 14 Aug. 2025
  • This was an important belief for me because my diet was the epitome of lousy eating habits that included bacon and eggs for breakfast, fast food for lunch, a big slab of meat for dinner, and snacks of all shapes and sizes throughout the day in copious amounts.
    Bryant Stamford, The Courier-Journal, 14 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • This traditional New England clambake includes two lobsters, steamers, fish chowder, potato, an egg, corn on the cob, and blueberry cake.
    Erinne Magee, Travel + Leisure, 2 July 2024
  • According to Rambling’s East Coast sources, the usually bustling Long Island clambake enclave — where everyone from Steven Spielberg to Paul McCartney to Brooke Shields owns sprawling properties — is suffering from its sleepiest season in recent memory.
    Benjamin Svetkey, HollywoodReporter, 11 June 2025

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“Potluck.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/potluck. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.

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