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Recent Examples of soft-boiled
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.
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Daryl Austin, USA TODAY, 2 Jan. 2025
Daryl Austin, USA TODAY, 2 Jan. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for soft-boiled
Adjective
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Particularly, with the juxtaposition of the tragedy of the fires makes the kind of vain posturing look more tasteless.—
Rosemary Feitelberg,
WWD,
10 Jan. 2025
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But more is at play in The Substance, which is also tasteless, silly, and — even at its grossest — easy to digest.—
Louis Peitzman,
Vulture,
26 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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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
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Newcastle went strong, righting the wrong of a vapid 4-2 defeat at the Gtech Community Stadium earlier this month.—
George Caulkin,
The Athletic,
19 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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Before this particular spacecraft reaches its watery demise, however, SpaceX will test a few other key objectives.—
Jackie Wattles,
CNN,
15 Jan. 2025
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Many people with cat allergies can own cats and manage low-level symptoms like mild stuffiness and watery eyes.—
Daniel More,
Verywell Health,
15 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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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
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In an attempt to buck traditional stereotypes, some couples will have photos of themselves eating pizza in elevators, taking a sudsy bath on their wedding morning, or jumping on the bed with their bridal parties.—
Rebecca Jennings,
Vox,
1 July 2024
Adjective
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Movies in this questionably political category tend to feature othered people dealing with some melodramatic version of struggle.—
Kyndall Cunningham,
Vox,
6 Jan. 2025
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Instead, their presence tips the narrative into something both more melodramatic and more conventional, with blazing showdowns and a climax of moral retribution worthy of Thomas Hardy’s The Mayor of Casterbridge.—
Tom Gliatto,
People.com,
3 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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For care, the brand recommends using a gentle machine cycle with cold water, then laying flat to air-dry.—
Clara McMahon,
People.com,
27 Jan. 2025
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His natural and unfussy visual aesthetic comes off as flat and uninteresting here.—
Brian Smolensky and James Mercadante,
EW.com,
27 Jan. 2025
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“Soft-boiled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/soft-boiled. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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