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• Open the grill and look for caramelization on the bone.
  — Beth Segal, cleveland, 6 Aug. 2021
• Goat for the biryani is left on the bone — the neck bone, to be precise.
  — New York Times, 14 Dec. 2021
• Brady pushed hit putt way right, and still has some meat on the bone.
  — Riley Hamel, USA TODAY, 2 June 2022
• The goat is served as rib meat on the bone, and the buttery pork melts in my mouth.
  — Chris Tharp, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Mar. 2022
• There was just a lot of meat on the bone, as some people say.
  — Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 22 June 2023
• But eating meat on the bone or in the shell feels rarer.
  — Serena Dai, Bon Appétit, 21 Mar. 2023
• Chicken thighs, on the other hand, have meat on the bone.
  — Ed Stannard, Hartford Courant, 31 July 2022
• Two bite marks show a big cat also chomped on the bone at some point.
  — Brian Handwerk, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 June 2023
• What happened [on Tucker Carlson’s show] is the meat on the bone.
  — Sam Stone, Bon Appétit, 6 Sep. 2023
• Purdue faithful may feel Edey left some meat on the bone.
  — Akeem Glaspie, The Indianapolis Star, 18 Mar. 2023
• The breaded pork chop fried on the bone might be more enjoyable if it were not cut so thick.
  — Pete Wells, New York Times, 3 Oct. 2023
• Grilling it on the bone, with head and tail intact, helps guard against overcooking.
  — Kitty Greenwald, WSJ, 18 May 2022
• Kentucky Fried Chicken's menu has a little less meat on the bone.
  — Rae Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 17 Feb. 2023
• Also on the menu will be a dish of monkfish tails roasted on the bone, with a sauce made from lobster shells.
  — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 23 Aug. 2022
• Each piece, a caveman-like hunk of beef on the bone, is 1.5 to 2 pounds and can feed several people.
  — Sarah Blaskovich, Dallas News, 27 Mar. 2023
• There are good stories, bad stories, and hilarious stories here, with a lot of meat on the bone.
  — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 6 Mar. 2023
• But research shows that because of their iconic teeth, the big cats didn’t pick the carcasses clean and routinely left lots of meat on the bone.
  — Brian Handwerk, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Sep. 2023
• To me, what RPG is about and all great music journalism is about is about providing context, is putting meat on the bone.
  — Chris Willman, Variety, 11 Dec. 2021
• Pain and tenderness where the tendon inserts on the bone in the side of the hip is the key physical exam finding to make the diagnosis.
  — Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 5 May 2022
• Diners can order their choice of spice level and style of chicken, between on the bone, sandwich, wrap or salad.
  — Ruvani De Silva, Chron, 3 Nov. 2022
• Zilmer poses two theories about the meaning of the runes on the bone discovered by Thorkildsen.
  — Nora McGreevy, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Jan. 2022
• For a long time, the traditional British way of butchering was to prepare joints, usually for roasting, and often on the bone.
  — Olivia Potts, Longreads, 15 Feb. 2024
• My father cooked his with beef, corn and noodles; my mom with chicken breasts, lean pork and sweet plantains; my grandmother with beef, pork on the bone and yautia.
  — New York Times, 22 Mar. 2021
• Dashi’s cumin lamb came in a tight circle of neatly frenched lollipop chops that struck a smooth balance between tenderness and proper tension on the bone.
  — Mike Sutter, San Antonio Express-News, 30 Sep. 2021
• Benzene can cause drowsiness, dizziness and headaches, and can eventually cause harmful effects on the bone marrow and a decrease in red blood cells.
  — Amanda Garrity, Good Housekeeping, 22 Apr. 2023
• Partially by design and partially because Bass’ life is so expansive, there’s meat on the bone.
  — Demetrius Patterson, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Dec. 2023
• Clark usually blows those up, leading to another signature on the bone.
  — Los Angeles Times, 9 Feb. 2023
• The meat is arranged on the bone and has a smoky taste heavily influenced by Native American styles of cooking, Arneson said.
  — Endia Fontanez, The Arizona Republic, 22 Jan. 2024
• Inscribed on the bone are six of the last eight runes from a 24-letter alphabet known as Old Futhark, the oldest runic alphabet used by Germanic tribes during the first half of the first millennium.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 16 May 2021
• The only question is whether there will be any flesh left on the bone once Brett Yormark, the brash Big 12 commissioner, is finished dining out on the incompetence of his competitors.
  — Dan Wolken, USA TODAY, 27 July 2023

Last Updated: 30 Aug 2024