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  • n  any foodstuff made by combining different ingredients
    he volunteered to taste her latest concoction
  • n  an occurrence of an unusual mixture
    it suddenly spewed out a thick green concoction
  • n  the invention of a scheme or story to suit some purpose
    his testimony was a concoction
    she has no peer in the concoction of mystery stories
  • n  the act of creating something (a medicine or drink or soup etc.) by compounding or mixing a variety of components
News & Articles

  • Campaign Lets Cities Create Locally-Inspired Ice Cream Flavors
    Going beyond famously-inspired flavors such as "Cherry Garcia" and "AmeriCone Dream," Ben & Jerry's has a new concoction to making and marketing new flavors.
    June 11, 2013 - WRIC 8 News Richmond
  • Cities Inspiring Ice Cream Flavors
    Going beyond famously-inspired flavors such as "Cherry Garcia" and "Ameri-Cone Dream," Ben and Jerry's has a new concoction to making and marketing new flavors -- the markets themselves. The ice cream maker wants to let cities create their own locally-inspired flavors. ...
    June 11, 2013 - WTVC Chattanooga
  • Krispy Kreme Sloppy Joe Not Exactly Official
    Krispy Kreme Sloppy Joesounds like something Homer Simpson would dream up and devour, but it's real. The Krispy Kreme Sloppy Joe is the creation of Chicken Charlies at the San Diego County Fair, and it's exactly what you'd think: a delicious Krispy Kreme donut topped with that familiar ground beef concoction that makes it a Sloppy Joe. But the company claims the Krispy Kreme Sloppy Joe is not ...
    June 10, 2013 - Vibe Magazine
Quotes

  • Pat Riley in ESPN
    Painkillers and anti-inflammatories are not a very good concoction for rational thinking and behavior, if you know what I mean,Riley said. "I think I'm fixed. I don't know. We'll find out."
  • Richard Mandella in 660 News
    It's still too new and still a few mistakes being made, but hopefully the biggest ones are behind us,trainer Richard Mandella said, "such as the application of Cushion Track here early was a terrible concoction of materials."
  • Darrell Issa in Reuters India
    This does look like, in fact, this was a political concoction to anecdotally go after a company rather than to do legitimate oversight on the FDA, and I object to it,said Rep. Darrell Issa, a California Republican.

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