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• Open the grill and look for caramelization on the bone.
  — Beth Segal, cleveland, 6 Aug. 2021
• Goat for the biryani is left on the bone — the neck bone, to be precise.
  — New York Times, 14 Dec. 2021
• Brady pushed hit putt way right, and still has some meat on the bone.
  — Riley Hamel, USA TODAY, 2 June 2022
• The goat is served as rib meat on the bone, and the buttery pork melts in my mouth.
  — Chris Tharp, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Mar. 2022
• There was just a lot of meat on the bone, as some people say.
  — Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 22 June 2023
• But eating meat on the bone or in the shell feels rarer.
  — Serena Dai, Bon Appétit, 21 Mar. 2023
• Chicken thighs, on the other hand, have meat on the bone.
  — Ed Stannard, Hartford Courant, 31 July 2022
• Two bite marks show a big cat also chomped on the bone at some point.
  — Brian Handwerk, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 June 2023
• What happened [on Tucker Carlson’s show] is the meat on the bone.
  — Sam Stone, Bon Appétit, 6 Sep. 2023
• Purdue faithful may feel Edey left some meat on the bone.
  — Akeem Glaspie, The Indianapolis Star, 18 Mar. 2023
• The breaded pork chop fried on the bone might be more enjoyable if it were not cut so thick.
  — Pete Wells, New York Times, 3 Oct. 2023
• Grilling it on the bone, with head and tail intact, helps guard against overcooking.
  — Kitty Greenwald, WSJ, 18 May 2022
• Kentucky Fried Chicken's menu has a little less meat on the bone.
  — Rae Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 17 Feb. 2023
• Also on the menu will be a dish of monkfish tails roasted on the bone, with a sauce made from lobster shells.
  — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 23 Aug. 2022
• Each piece, a caveman-like hunk of beef on the bone, is 1.5 to 2 pounds and can feed several people.
  — Sarah Blaskovich, Dallas News, 27 Mar. 2023
• For a main course there was chicken cooked on the bone for flavor, with eggplant caponata and provolone ($24).
  — John Mariani, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2024
• There are good stories, bad stories, and hilarious stories here, with a lot of meat on the bone.
  — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 6 Mar. 2023
• But research shows that because of their iconic teeth, the big cats didn’t pick the carcasses clean and routinely left lots of meat on the bone.
  — Brian Handwerk, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Sep. 2023
• To me, what RPG is about and all great music journalism is about is about providing context, is putting meat on the bone.
  — Chris Willman, Variety, 11 Dec. 2021
• Pain and tenderness where the tendon inserts on the bone in the side of the hip is the key physical exam finding to make the diagnosis.
  — Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 5 May 2022
• Diners can order their choice of spice level and style of chicken, between on the bone, sandwich, wrap or salad.
  — Ruvani De Silva, Chron, 3 Nov. 2022
• Zilmer poses two theories about the meaning of the runes on the bone discovered by Thorkildsen.
  — Nora McGreevy, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Jan. 2022
• For a long time, the traditional British way of butchering was to prepare joints, usually for roasting, and often on the bone.
  — Olivia Potts, Longreads, 15 Feb. 2024
• My father cooked his with beef, corn and noodles; my mom with chicken breasts, lean pork and sweet plantains; my grandmother with beef, pork on the bone and yautia.
  — New York Times, 22 Mar. 2021
• Dashi’s cumin lamb came in a tight circle of neatly frenched lollipop chops that struck a smooth balance between tenderness and proper tension on the bone.
  — Mike Sutter, San Antonio Express-News, 30 Sep. 2021
• Benzene can cause drowsiness, dizziness and headaches, and can eventually cause harmful effects on the bone marrow and a decrease in red blood cells.
  — Amanda Garrity, Good Housekeeping, 22 Apr. 2023
• Partially by design and partially because Bass’ life is so expansive, there’s meat on the bone.
  — Demetrius Patterson, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Dec. 2023
• Clark usually blows those up, leading to another signature on the bone.
  — Los Angeles Times, 9 Feb. 2023
• The meat is arranged on the bone and has a smoky taste heavily influenced by Native American styles of cooking, Arneson said.
  — Endia Fontanez, The Arizona Republic, 22 Jan. 2024
• Inscribed on the bone are six of the last eight runes from a 24-letter alphabet known as Old Futhark, the oldest runic alphabet used by Germanic tribes during the first half of the first millennium.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 16 May 2021

Last Updated: 17 Nov 2024