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Recent Examples of soft-boiled
The result, according to researchers led by chemist Pellegrino Musto, is that there are now many different cooking methods beyond the simple hard- and soft-boiled options.
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Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 7 Feb. 2025
When served in certain kitchens at home or restaurant settings, the wheat noodles are often made from scratch, presented in a hearty, flavorful broth, and are often topped with hard- or soft-boiled eggs, corn, bamboo shoots, seaweed, bean sprouts, and protein such as beef, pork, shrimp, or chicken.
—Daryl Austin, USA TODAY, 2 Jan. 2025
Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 7 Feb. 2025
When served in certain kitchens at home or restaurant settings, the wheat noodles are often made from scratch, presented in a hearty, flavorful broth, and are often topped with hard- or soft-boiled eggs, corn, bamboo shoots, seaweed, bean sprouts, and protein such as beef, pork, shrimp, or chicken.
—Daryl Austin, USA TODAY, 2 Jan. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for soft-boiled
Adjective
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The Office’s more tasteless moments remain hysterically funny thanks to the show’s empathy: this was a series that punched up, not down.—
Taylor Antrim,
Vogue,
31 Jan. 2025
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Flailing arms, bent legs, tasteless costumes and choppy music edits received his unapologetic ire.—
Deborah Wilker,
The Hollywood Reporter,
3 Sep. 2019
Adjective
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His aesthetic, his artistry, his ambition and audacity – all of it flew in the face of assumptions that L.A. is somehow vapid and without substance.—
Mirjam Swanson,
Orange County Register,
25 Jan. 2025
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Others take aim at the vast and vapid abstractions used to justify armed conflict, down to and including nuclear war.—
Karen Parker Lears,
Harper's Magazine,
2 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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There is just cause for the soapier parts: Manet was married, and Morisot wed his brother.—
Julie Belcove,
Robb Report,
23 Nov. 2024
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The group that seems to have inspired Reid is Fleetwood Mac, which, with its shifting intramural love relationships, sundry drug problems and issues of control — the soapiest of rock’s many operas — was a romance novel/miniseries waiting to happen.—
Robert LloydTelevision Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
2 Mar. 2023
Adjective
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At the far extreme, there is the insipid libertarianism of Ron Paul, the former Texas representative, who has claimed that Marine detachments guarding U.S. embassies count as examples of military overstretch.—
Bret Stephens,
Foreign Affairs,
5 Feb. 2013
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The blandly positive lyrics seemed even more insipid amid all the bedroom jams.—
Eric Webb,
Austin American-Statesman,
1 June 2024
Adjective
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Measles symptoms typically appear one to two weeks after exposure, and include fever, cough, runny nose, and rash, as well as red, watery eyes.—
Ivana Saric,
Axios,
26 Feb. 2025
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Black mold triggers attacks in people with asthma, causing a range of symptoms, including runny nose, wheezing, and red, watery eyes.—
Mark Gurarie,
Health,
22 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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That may mean teaming up with the Lifetime cable network to produce a 15-minute vignette that has all the hallmarks of one of the outlet’s sudsy romance movies, yet is meant to promote visits to the Chili’s restaurant chain and trying its signature margaritas.—
Brian Steinberg,
Variety,
24 Feb. 2025
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Plastic cups sloshing with sudsy golden lagers and pale pink rum punch glide to tables crowded with friends.—
Bradley Hohulin,
The Indianapolis Star,
29 July 2024
Adjective
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Among Jean-Baptiste’s most extraordinary moments is the intimate Mother’s Day gathering that takes place without melodramatic fireworks but comes face-to-face with Pansy’s private implosion.—
Armond White,
National Review,
21 Feb. 2025
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Her over-the-top cockney accent speaking in melodramatic dialogue drives much of the comedy in her performance, which ultimately wears thin over the course of the film’s brief runtime.—
Vikram Murthi,
IndieWire,
25 Jan. 2025
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The White Sox will actually pay you to come to games, while Bulls tickets have been pretty flat lately, but still very expensive.—
Jon Greenberg,
The Athletic,
20 Feb. 2025
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Since the start of December, the Dow is down 2%, while the S&P 500 is effectively flat.—
Rob Wile,
NBC News,
20 Feb. 2025
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“Soft-boiled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/soft-boiled. Accessed 2 Mar. 2025.
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