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Recent Examples of bake
Noun
All that was left to do was transfer the batter to my prepared loaf pan, bake until the top was golden, and do a toothpick test in the center of the loaf. Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 Jan. 2025 Get The Recipe 47 of 50 Pasta-Chicken-Broccoli Bake A pasta bake screams comfort, and this pasta-chicken-broccoli bake is no exception. Josh Miller, Southern Living, 8 Jan. 2025
Verb
The dessert made for Swift, who celebrated her 35th birthday on Dec. 13, was a multi-layered chocolate and vanilla bean cake that was baked into the shape of a heart. Skyler Caruso, People.com, 23 Jan. 2025 In many nations, movement is baked into everyday life — as a way to commute from one place to another, to build community or to connect with nature. Talya Minsberg, New York Times, 21 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for bake 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bake
Noun
  • Predictably, Morgan's 3-year-old wasn't a fan of the zingy salmon supper, but the mom was prepared.
    Barbara A. Perry, Newsweek, 28 Jan. 2025
  • The use of fine china — and of other accouterments associated with formal supper, like silverware — has been on a downward slope for over a century, and in a nosedive in recent decades.
    Rukmini Callimachi, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Rivero understood his son’s trepidation, having experienced the trauma of cremating his own father nearly 20 years earlier.
    Collin Blinder, The Mercury News, 28 Jan. 2025
  • The Health Science Center’s contracts with Dallas and Tarrant counties — which supplied it with unclaimed bodies — stipulated that human remains were to be cremated when the program was finished with them.
    Mike Hixenbaugh, NBC News, 15 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • Plus, each ritual in the spa includes pre- or post-treatment tapas and a selection of organic teas, juices, or water infusions in their stunning Relaxation Library, complete with a fireplace and myriad books to get lost in.
    Ariel Okin, Vogue, 22 Jan. 2025
  • Consider drinking local wine and beer rather than imports—or simply make the switch to Turkish coffee and çay (tea) which tend to be much more popular among locals.
    Kaitlyn McInnis, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Both couples woke to discover the fire incinerated their homes, and those of their neighbors.
    Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 22 Jan. 2025
  • In just days, the flames incinerated not only homes but schools, daycares, grocery stores, cafes and workplaces.
    Laura Paddison, CNN, 21 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • When water ran low during the Marshall fire in Colorado, which ignited in late 2021, officials rushed untreated lake water through the system to keep supplies up, researchers found.
    Mitch Smith, New York Times, 24 Jan. 2025
  • Garland, of all people, jabbed at Calvin Pickard when the Oilers goalie had the puck covered midway through the second period, which ignited a scrum behind the net.
    Daniel Nugent-Bowman, The Athletic, 24 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • The timing makes sense: After a holiday season filled with cocktail parties and not-so-healthy meals, the idea of cleansing the body of excess seems attractive.
    Vicky Vera, Glamour, 24 Jan. 2025
  • As fire erupted in Pacific Palisades, she was photographed at a cocktail party in Accra.
    Daniel Foster, National Review, 23 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • The climate crisis is pouring gasoline on these blazes, but the Mafia may be lighting the spark, according to new research.
    Laura Paddison, CNN, 27 Jan. 2025
  • Nothing lights her fire more than an emotionally intelligent man.
    Joel Thayer, Newsweek, 27 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Place lard in a small microwave-safe bowl and heat in 30-second intervals, stirring after each until lard is melted. Remove the bowl from the stand mixer and use a wooden spoon to stir in the flour mixture and melted lard, alternating and mixing well between each addition.
    Kelly Brant, arkansasonline.com, 21 Jan. 2025
  • And there are photos and videos of Piper in the kitchen — sitting on a counter dumping eggs into the bowl of a KitchenAid mixer and bouncing a pan of batter on the counter to knock out the air bubbles.
    Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 16 Jan. 2025

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