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  • Google famously flings a lot of half-cooked spaghetti against the wall (who the heck uses Knol?) to find a few advances that really stick (like Google Earth).

    What Scares Google 2009

  • When does a half-cooked notion, a conspiracy theory or a tissue of vaguely sourced and improbable claims become an item of journalistic "fact"?

    Iran, Syria—and Seymour Hersh Bret Stephens 2011

  • A Microsoft employee once accused Google of throwing spaghetti at the wall and seeing what stuck; about halfway through Ballmer's ultimate keynote at CES, I'm pretty sure I was struck in the face by some half-cooked linguini.

    Jason Gilbert: Wait, How Weird Was That Microsoft Keynote? Jason Gilbert 2012

  • The linguine, already half-cooked in water, absorbs the broth before being finished off to a buttery consistency with olive oil, a dash of clam broth and a hint of home-made chilli oil.

    Cooking up holiday memories Tim Hayward 2010

  • A Microsoft employee once accused Google of throwing spaghetti at the wall and seeing what stuck; about halfway through Ballmer's ultimate keynote at CES, I'm pretty sure I was struck in the face by some half-cooked linguini.

    Jason Gilbert: Wait, How Weird Was That Microsoft Keynote? Jason Gilbert 2012

  • The first main course—a duo of pan-seared foie gras on a sour-cherry compote and a mi-cuit literally, "half-cooked" laced with summer truffles and wild cherry liqueur—was, for at least one among us, transformative.

    A Foie Gras Tour de France Marlowe Hood 2011

  • Google famously flings a lot of half-cooked spaghetti against the wall (who the heck uses Knol?) to find a few advances that really stick (like Google Earth).

    What Scares Google 2009

  • A half-cooked joint of meat still stood over the hearth.

    BEAUTY SLEEPING • by C.L. Holland 2009

  • With a frying pan of half-cooked bacon and a hard-on.

    Brush of Darkness Allison Pang 2011

  • "Why don't you eat?" he demanded, as Martin dipped dolefully into the cold, half-cooked oatmeal mush.

    Chapter 5 2010

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