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Recent Examples of wiener
For several decades, Karl Ratzsch's Restaurant served as a downtown Milwaukee landmark for both locals and visitors hungry for wiener schnitzel, sauerbraten, and other German foods.
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Tom Daykin, jsonline.com, 16 Sep. 2025
There will be a German costume contest, wiener toss challenge and other German games.
—Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Sep. 2025
In related wiener news, Jim’s Original, a Chicago street-food staple since 1939, plans on opening its first-ever location outside of the Windy City in Orange.
—Brock Keeling, Oc Register, 8 Sep. 2025
Then her teen-age niece Corinne (Talia Ryder) vanishes after a shift at the local wiener joint, and Honey’s involvement in the grim occurrences becomes personal and passionate.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 21 Aug. 2025
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Tom Daykin, jsonline.com, 16 Sep. 2025
There will be a German costume contest, wiener toss challenge and other German games.
—Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Sep. 2025
In related wiener news, Jim’s Original, a Chicago street-food staple since 1939, plans on opening its first-ever location outside of the Windy City in Orange.
—Brock Keeling, Oc Register, 8 Sep. 2025
Then her teen-age niece Corinne (Talia Ryder) vanishes after a shift at the local wiener joint, and Honey’s involvement in the grim occurrences becomes personal and passionate.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 21 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for wiener
Noun
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Faster than a speeding frankfurter, in comes the second annual Wienie 500.—
Steven Louis Goldstein,
New York Times,
22 May 2026
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This Jewish deli does far more than pastrami, with a full deli counter and dine-in menu—there are frankfurters with saurkraut and other pickled things, knishes and latkes, matzo ball soup, and even gefilte fish—but the sky-high sandwiches are the reason to take the train alllll the way uptown.—
Megan Spurrell,
Condé Nast Traveler,
26 Jan. 2026
Noun
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The sale of deli meats, cheese, tomatoes, onions, pickles, sausages and salami in a side prep table were halted because of roaches.—
David J. Neal,
Miami Herald,
13 May 2026
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Use salami, hot capocollo, and mortadella, or any other deli favorites in your fridge.—
Alana Al-Hatlani,
Southern Living,
28 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Techniques like curing and smoking are common, and some deli meats (including mortadella and bologna) are made with ground meat and spices that are piped into a casing, then cooked.—
Karla Walsh,
Better Homes & Gardens,
17 Apr. 2026
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One editor compared its flavor to bologna.—
Catherine Jessee,
Southern Living,
8 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Enrich a can of baked beans (beanies) with bacon and hot dogs (weenies) for a nostalgic summer dish everyone will enjoy having on the table.—
Symiah Dorsey,
Southern Living,
16 May 2026
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The men on this album are, to put it plainly, weenies.—
Molly Mary O’Brien,
Pitchfork,
1 May 2026
Noun
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The pizza is finished with a pepperoni and cheese stuffed crust.—
Fousia Abdullahi,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
20 May 2026
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Just do not expect a large pepperoni pizza to come floating down yet.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
18 May 2026
Noun
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The breakfast also includes eggs, sausage, kielbasa, ham, homemade beans and salsa, orange juice, fruit salad and coffee/tea.—
Linda Mcintosh,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
15 Apr. 2026
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The team said traditional Pittsburgh staples, including pierogies, kielbasa, and chipped ham, inspired many of the new items fans can try.—
Patrick Damp,
CBS News,
3 Apr. 2026
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This is the Vietnamese evolution of the classic, traditionally filled with ground pork, wood ear mushroom, onion, Chinese sausage and a quail egg.—
Amy Drew Thompson,
The Orlando Sentinel,
27 May 2026
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The comedy is in full force on the boat out to sea, where a ravenously hungry Richard houses multiples cans of vienna sausages.—
Hunter Ingram,
Variety,
27 May 2026
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The event continues through Oct. 5, offering special food items celebrating Bavarian sausages: knockwursts, rostbratwurst and weisswurst.—
Marcus Smith,
Sacbee.com,
26 Sep. 2025
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Maienfels Biergarten Grab a tankard of German beer or a knockwurst platter at Maienfels Biergarten, 505 W. Mulberry St.—
John Coffren,
Baltimore Sun,
25 May 2023
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“Wiener.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wiener. Accessed 30 May. 2026.
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