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poached

verb

past tense of poach

as in boiled

to cook in a liquid heated to the point that it gives off steam poaching fish in a stock flavored with white wine

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Recent Examples of poached The number of bears killed by motor vehicle strikes, euthanized as nuisances because of conflicts with humans or poached in the Central Florida region over the past decade total about 1,900. — Stephen Hudak, The Orlando Sentinel, 31 Aug. 2026 For our recipe, the Test Kitchen poached just-cooked oysters in milk until their edges began to curl. — Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 25 Aug. 2026 These luxury houses increasingly resemble sports franchises, with star designers traded, poached, and recruited across warring corporate empires. — Aidan McLaughlin, Vanity Fair, 19 Aug. 2026 In retrospect, Miami might have opted for the wrong developmental quarterbacks in Miller (poached by the previous regime) and since jettisoned Mark Gronowski. — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 15 Aug. 2026 In 1999, the now-defunct national broadcaster Raycom poached McDonnell to its base in Montgomery, Alabama, and installed her as vice president of programming. — Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 11 Aug. 2026 The multicourse menu at Anthology was certainly a standout, with a delicate lobster tail poached in butter, as God intended. — Maya Kachroo-Levine, Travel + Leisure, 5 Aug. 2026 Only seven have made more than 20 first-team appearances for the club that poached them, with 47 having never played a single minute for the poacher club. — Jordan Campbell, New York Times, 2 Aug. 2026 Even if eggs are boiled or poached, pairing them with healthy fats like avocado or nuts can provide the fat needed to support vitamin D absorption. — Morgan Pearson, Verywell Health, 26 July 2026

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Super-fresh corn on the cob hardly needs to be cooked, let alone boiled.

— Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 30 Aug. 2026
Users usually chew it for an effect similar to amphetamines, or it is dried and boiled to create a stimulant tea.

— Sara Tenenbaum, CBS News, 25 Aug. 2026

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Others are stewed with aromatics and oil to make a riotous take on XO sauce, funky and inky and complex, which gilds the hunks of squash under their corny beurre blanc.

— Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 16 Aug. 2026
For the past six months, the Aussies have stewed – and rallied — behind a one-word analysis from the World Cup draw that put them in the same four-team pod with Team USA, Turkey and Paraguay.

— Cam Inman, Mercury News, 18 June 2026

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