soft-boiled

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Recent Examples of soft-boiled Whether soft-boiled and jammy or poached in the simmering broth, the yolk binds the flavors together. The Learning Network, New York Times, 20 May 2025 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. 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
  • Indeed, members of the City Council voted to censure Turner for the tasteless action by a 6-3 vote.
    Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 21 May 2025
  • For a live bit later in the night, Johansson got to have a little fun with some of her own history by taking aim at the tasteless entertainment journalists she’s had to endure over the course of her career.
    Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 18 May 2025
Adjective
  • While the world burns, the billionaire bozo responsible — handsome but morally vapid Venis (Cory Michael Smith) — hangs out with three other tech titans in a secluded, swanky winter home in the mountains.
    Randy Myers, Mercury News, 30 May 2025
  • So much of modern football discourse is taken up with banality, immaturity, petty insults, utterly vapid arguments about the size of rival clubs, or fanbases, or the length of trophy droughts.
    Tim Spiers, New York Times, 18 May 2025
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  • When Rudd, 55, appeared on Fallon's late night show to promote his new A24 movie Death of a Unicorn on Thursday, March 27, Fallon, 50, noted that Rudd has performed in just about every genre of film, television and theater one could imagine — except for the soapiest of soap operas.
    Tommy McArdle, People.com, 28 Mar. 2025
  • There is just cause for the soapier parts: Manet was married, and Morisot wed his brother.
    Julie Belcove, Robb Report, 23 Nov. 2024
Adjective
  • Brazil were insipid at last summer’s Copa America and have gone downhill since.
    Jack Lang, New York Times, 16 May 2025
  • Little Dog asks, an insipid comparison that illuminates only the fungibility of abstract nouns.
    Andrea Long Chu, Vulture, 6 May 2025
Adjective
  • Measles first infects the respiratory tract, then spreads throughout the body, causing a high fever, runny nose, cough, red, watery eyes and a rash.
    Devi Shastri, Los Angeles Times, 31 May 2025
  • Early measles symptoms include fever, cough, runny nose, and red, watery eyes, as shared in the SCPH alert.
    Rebecca-Ann Jattan, Sacbee.com, 30 May 2025
Adjective
  • Making this change will save you money, save your clothes from being sudsy and irritating your skin, and save your washing machine the extra trouble of rinsing unnecessary bubbles!
    Mary Catherine McAnnally Scott, Southern Living, 22 Mar. 2025
  • The rig features a full wet bath with a recirculating shower system that reuses 70% of your sudsy bubble-water after filtering and purifying it.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 20 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • And yet that scene, as well as the long mourning period Mahnaz goes through afterwards, is followed by several more melodramatic twists in a scenario that requires a certain level of disbelief.
    Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 23 May 2025
  • That Kamen’s script would attempt to marry these concepts with some grand-gesture stuff, real tear-jerking choices that also tend to read as quite cheesy, doesn’t surprise — after all, what’s more melodramatic than life itself?
    Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 20 May 2025
Adjective
  • The trend appears to be flat to lower, which adds some concern to the outlook.
    Bill Stone, Forbes.com, 8 June 2025
  • Monthly payments stay flat, so people can save over time.
    Jennifer Ludden, NPR, 7 June 2025

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“Soft-boiled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/soft-boiled. Accessed 12 Jun. 2025.

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