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as in to scoop
to lift out with something that holds liquid
the cook laded the stew into small bowls
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as in to load
to place a weight or burden on
the trucks were heavily laden with produce for the market
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Recent Examples of lade
While dating sites and apps can be convenient ways to meet a special someone, many singles find that the road to love is often laden with potholes and pitfalls.
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Charanna Alexander, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2020
Its walkways are bedecked with colourful lanterns, its stalls laden with dumplings, its entrances flanked by dozens of security guards to handle crowds.
—The Economist, 30 Jan. 2020
To welcome the new season, celebrants symbolically release their fears and regrets on boats laden with flowers, incense, and candles.
—National Geographic, 28 Oct. 2019
With its wide windows looking out on Taco Mama diners, the tables and shelves laden with books and gifts, and the scent of coffee wafting through the room, the shop quickly found a place in the hearts of its Auburn customers.
—Giana Han, al, 9 Apr. 2020
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The Orioles claimed him but placed him on waivers in February 2024 before the Rockies scooped him up.—
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The Scoot Grandeur Apartments multi-use building coming to Cudahy could scoop its first dirt soon.—
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Investigators later determined that the bomb was hidden in a cassette recorder and packed in a suitcase that was loaded on a plane from Malta to Frankfurt, Germany, with no accompanying passenger.—
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To get started, simply prepare your base in one of the pints, freeze for 24 hours, then load it into the machine and watch the magic happen.—
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Transfer braising liquid to a bowl; spoon over short ribs just before serving.—
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The claim: Image shows Trump post about Department of Education ‘developing a hybrid of the fork and spoon’ A Feb. 8 Threads post (direct link, archive link) appears to show a Truth Social post from President Donald Trump.—
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The finish leans into baked flaky pastry filled with tart raspberry and more ginger and dark chocolate on the finish.—
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The group on Mondays will lead two hours, 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. The move will have direct implications for Joy Reid, the anchor who currently fills 7 p.m.—
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The company’s product portfolio can be broadly bucketed into three categories.—
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This is on vivid display in the chart below, which takes all the simulations from our model and buckets them by popular vote outcome.—
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Unlike Seeger, Baez was not burdened with the baggage from a romance with American communism in the 1930s.—
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In San Diego, the taxpayers will be burdened with the hiring and firing of additional workers, workers’ compensation insurance costs, and long-term pension and retirement benefit costs for the 130 new city employees.—
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“Lade.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lade. Accessed 27 Feb. 2025.
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