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adjective

as in roasting

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verb

past tense of roast

as in teased

to make fun of in a good-natured way playfully roasting their mother for her choice of hat

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Adjective

But these crispy onions can also add texture atop salads, roasted vegetables, or even the turkey herself. — Jenn De La Vega, Bon Appetit Magazine, 27 Oct. 2026 Remove the pan from the oven and, with a large spoon, form 6 wells in the roasted veggies. — Candy Hom, AJC.com, 26 Oct. 2026 Add lightly sauteed garlic to savory dishes like pasta, stir-fry, soups, stews, or roasted vegetables. — Carrie Madormo, Verywell Health, 26 Oct. 2026 Bitter almond and roasted tonka bean add a resinous quality, while tart black currant and a burst of citrus lend a fruity brightness. — Conçetta Ciarlo, Vogue, 26 Oct. 2026 Beyond tacos, the menu includes fresh salads, The Good Bird Bowl with eggs, roasted sweet potatoes, black beans and avocado, and snacks such as queso and chips and esquites (Mexican street corn). — Evan Moore, Charlotte Observer, 24 Oct. 2026 Kohlrabi salad with an addictive umami truffle and yuzu dressing and a roasted local white fish might be lunch. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Oct. 2026 This recipe, slightly adapted for thickness, provides a just-charred, roasted edge to the classic tomato soup due to broiling a heaping pile of vegetables together. — Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026 Curried Cauliflower Apple Melt Glam up this hot sandwich recipe with curry mayonnaise, skillet-roasted cauliflower, and sweet apple—a delicious combo that’s far more than the sum of its parts. — Ginger Crichton, Midwest Living, 21 Oct. 2026

Verb

Sweet, mild, and firm, red snapper can be roasted as Snapper Veracruzana, fried as snapper bites, baked whole with Thai seasonings, or grilled with lemon sauce. — Tovar Cerulli, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Oct. 2026 The typically smug host appeared upset earlier this year at the Golden Globes when presenter Wanda Sykes roasted him and another nominee up for best performance in stand-up comedy on television, Ricky Gervais. — Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2026 So Patriots owner Robert Kraft and Jets owner Woody Johnson probably weren’t expecting to be roasted by Gaffigan. — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 22 Oct. 2026 New York is getting roasted for an awkward giveaway T-shirt gaffe, made funnier by the team proudly posting the evidence on social media. — Alejandro Avila Outkick, FOXNews.com, 20 Oct. 2026 Peel both halves, then scoop out the seeds, which can be roasted just like pumpkin seeds. — Carole Kotkin, Miami Herald, 15 Oct. 2026 Despite a killer teaser trailer that had audiences jumping in their seats, the Blumhouse/Atomic Monster production is getting roasted by some members of a crowd that typically skews positive. — James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 8 Oct. 2026 Ascension features globally sourced coffees roasted in small batches. — Elizabeth Campbell, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 Oct. 2026 Stir-fried with paneer, roasted with meatballs, blistered with so much garlic, and more ways to make green beans the star of your dinner table. — Joe Sevier, Bon Appetit Magazine, 7 Oct. 2026

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Adjective

More humane methods of killing lobsters pre-boiling include a sharp knife through the head, electrical stunning, or freezing.

— semafor.com, semafor.com, 29 Dec. 2025
Agrawal and her team studied ionic liquids — salts that are liquid at sub-boiling temperatures (below 212 degrees Fahrenheit, or 100 degrees Celsius) — as a potential hospitable environment for life.

— Stefanie Waldek, Space.com, 13 Aug. 2025

Definition of boiling

Adjective

Flashover typically causes severe burns, particularly on the face, beck and upper limbs, often combined with critical inhalation injures from radiant heat and superheated gases.

— Kara Fox, CNN Money, 2 Jan. 2026
Marzocchi says the data suggest that, for now, the tremors are more the result of gases pushing superheated water up through the earth, rather than magma rising.

— Ruth Sherlock, NPR, 25 Nov. 2025

Definition of superheated

Verb

Naturally, Kelly gets kidded about that as well.

— Marc Topkin, The Orlando Sentinel, 20 June 2026
When Curt Cignetti was hired just more than two years ago, it was considered a smart move by the athletic department, but no one kidded themselves that Indiana was some sort of raucous fan sleeper cell just waiting to be activated.

— Will Leitch, New York Times, 13 Jan. 2026

Definition of kidded

Adjective

Most broiling pans are dishwasher-safe, and a matching drip tray helps keep the oven residue-free.

— BestReviews, Mercury News, 27 Aug. 2025
In July, El Sobrante managers informed the South Coast Air Quality Management District that a chemical reaction brewing inside the landfill was causing broiling temperatures and producing toxic sulfur pollution, according to air district records.

— Tony Briscoe, Los Angeles Times, 28 Feb. 2025

Definition of broiling

Verb

Kylian Mbappe was dropped on October 27 by two major brands in China after a video circulated online in which the French football star apparently joked about former leader Mao Zedong.

— Matthew Tan, CNBC, 28 Oct. 2026
King has daydreamed about adding a white chocolate bar to their lineup, but then joked that those fans are heathens.

— Stephanie Breijo, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of joked

Adjective

An active fan is better than an overheated laptop, but the Raider 16 Max HX B2W's excellent speakers don't do much good when the sound gets drowned out.

— Marshall Honorof, PC Magazine, 27 Oct. 2026
In the midst of the festivities, among a crowd of bookish faculty and graduate students, Annie and Wendy convinced an overheated newspaper photographer who’d been sent to cover the event to abandon his turtleneck.

— Robert P. Baird, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of overheated

Adjective

Her boyfriend Tom Arnold becomes a writer/producer and complains that someone there stole his love letters and sold out his steamy relationship with Roseanne to the National Enquirer.

— Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 15 Oct. 2026
Soapy, salacious and steamy romance stories might have popularized the microdrama format globally, but the first episode of The Agency positions the series as an office comedy with quick cuts and wink-wink lines and visuals.

— Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 14 Oct. 2026

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