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  • adjective not fresh today

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Examples

  • My hope was that I could gross out whoever it was with day-old garbage, giving me time to run away.

    How to Flirt with A Naked Werewolf Molly Harper 2011

  • Evenings, when we are both home, we usually sit at our wooden table, boiling rose tea in which to dip the day-old bread that complements a warmed, fragrant spread of salted schmaltz, sharing our borrowed newspaper or occasional magazine by gaslight.

    Deadly Julie Chibbaro 2011

  • Winds did increase for a few hours, but did not hamper efforts by the 1,808 firefighters battling the 5-day-old blaze, he said.

    Calif. wildfire battle intensifies in air, ground 2011

  • Walgreen Co., Kroger Co. and Supervalu Inc. confirmed they were restocking Mead Johnson Nutrition Co.'s 12.5-ounce cans of Enfamil powder with the lot number ZP1K7G, after the product was pulled from shelves nationwide last month after a 10-day-old Missouri baby who ingested it died from a bacterial infection.

    Retailers Restocking Formula John Kell 2012

  • Winds did increase for a few hours, but did not hamper efforts by the 1,808 firefighters battling the 5-day-old blaze, he said.

    Calif. wildfire battle intensifies in air, ground 2011

  • In the Middle East, it is usually served over rice and occasionally over crushed day-old bread and topped with yogurt as a fatteh.

    Day of Honey Annia Ciezadlo 2011

  • But my favorite was fattet hummus, one of the many exquisite Arabic dishes that revolve around day-old bread.

    Day of Honey Annia Ciezadlo 2011

  • Her garden grew bushels of plump green beans, which she added to lamb stew; wine-dark tomatoes, to be salted and tossed with oregano, olive oil, crumbled feta, and onions sliced paper thin you sopped up the brine with day-old bread; corn and potatoes and zucchini and dill.

    Day of Honey Annia Ciezadlo 2011

  • The necessity of using up day-old flatbread has created a universe of foods—including traditional Arabic dishes like fatteh see Fattet Hummus, page 338, fattoush, and the bread soups of the Arabian peninsula—that transforms leftovers into something magnificent.

    Day of Honey Annia Ciezadlo 2011

  • The find followed the near-miraculous discovery on Tuesday of a 14-day-old baby who spent 46 hours under rubble, but hopes of finding more survivors are beginning to dwindle.

    Questions Mount as Turkish Toll Rises Marc Champion 2011

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