cooked off; cooking off; cooks off
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Mark Ellwood, AFAR Media, 6 Mar. 2025
Church’s chili cook-off benefits youth work trip to Appalachia
A chili cook-off and dinner is planned from 6 to 8 p.m. Feb. 26 in Fellowship Hall at Flossmoor Community Church, 2218 Hutchison Road, Flossmoor.
—Melinda Moore, Chicago Tribune, 20 Feb. 2025
Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 21 Feb. 2025
To reduce the risk of 105-millimeter rounds cooking off in the turret after an enemy hit, Leopard 1 crews stow only a few of the tank’s 42 rounds in the turret: the rest are tucked into the hull.
—David Axe, Forbes, 26 Dec. 2024
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Noun
This month is the chance to experience some of the best kitchen skills in Mississippi’s part of the Gulf Coast, through not one but two cook-offs.
—Mark Ellwood, AFAR Media, 6 Mar. 2025
Church’s chili cook-off benefits youth work trip to Appalachia
A chili cook-off and dinner is planned from 6 to 8 p.m. Feb. 26 in Fellowship Hall at Flossmoor Community Church, 2218 Hutchison Road, Flossmoor.
—Melinda Moore, Chicago Tribune, 20 Feb. 2025
Verb
That means the water has mostly cooked off, and the milk solids will then soon start to brown.
—Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 21 Feb. 2025
To reduce the risk of 105-millimeter rounds cooking off in the turret after an enemy hit, Leopard 1 crews stow only a few of the tank’s 42 rounds in the turret: the rest are tucked into the hull.
—David Axe, Forbes, 26 Dec. 2024
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“Cook-off.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cook-off. Accessed 21 Mar. 2025.
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