tripe

as in cheese
that which is of low quality or worth it's shocking that an esteemed newspaper like this one would publish such tripe

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Recent Examples of tripe However, raw tripe or tripe that has not been cleaned well can contain disease-causing organisms, such as Escherichia coli (E. coli).21 While tripe is typically cooked for human consumption, raw pet foods may contain raw (green) tripe. Lauren O'Connor, Ms, Health, 29 Sep. 2024 Raw tripe is untreated and may be more likely to have cross-contamination. Lauren O'Connor, Ms, Health, 29 Sep. 2024 The new culinary wave began about 10 years ago, going beyond bouillabaisse and pieds paquets (stewed lamb’s feet and tripe). Julia Sammut With Benjamin Kemper, Saveur, 3 July 2024 Felicity Blunt’s odd way of making potatoes and the time Meryl Streep dug into a plate of tripe sausage that apparently looked a lot like a horse phallus. Shannon Carlin, TIME, 15 July 2024 See All Example Sentences for tripe
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Noun
  • After sampling a few local cheeses, visiting gastronomes can embark on an in-depth immersion into the region’s dairy industry with a trip to Ecoagroturismo Arqueixal, a small-scale operation that provides ample insight into the Galicia of yore.
    Jared Ranahan, Forbes.com, 13 Apr. 2025
  • The onion and cheese is baked at 400 degrees for 18 minutes or until everything forms a single, golden-brown layer.
    Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • As a result of these reentries, however, the amount of space junk burning up in the upper layers of the atmosphere is increasing, which worries some atmospheric scientists.
    Tereza Pultarova, Space.com, 14 Apr. 2025
  • What about that wily junk dealer, or the creepy cemetery?
    Kevin Purdy, ArsTechnica, 5 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The site was first excavated beginning in 1995, and in 2018, scientists began collecting, analyzing and radiocarbon dating fossils unearthed from El Gigante rubbish piles.
    GrrlScientist, Forbes, 13 Mar. 2025
  • Last year, a dumpster diver in Hudson, New York, stumbled upon an extraordinary find: An 18th-century pen-and-ink sketch by English portraitist George Romney was hidden amid the rubbish.
    Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Feb. 2025

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