"Rice was a staple of many of their home foods, " Groff said of the students.
Hollywood picked up on the trend and made the red carpet a staple of movie premieres.
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Legal disputes over the custody of frozen embryos became a staple of divorce proceedings.
But by then the seaside postcard had become a staple of the British holiday.
Mostly it was the rather banal factoids that seem to be the staple of first dates.
He's the closest thing imaginable to that staple of modern myth, the horse whisperer.
Beyonce's rendition of Etta James's At Last has since become a staple of her live shows.
Over-the-top parental guilt trips are a staple of the family comedies Hollywood keeps rolling out.
So-called modern prefab had become a staple of home-design magazines during the housing boom.
It is a staple of religious orders to fast or adhere to a strict diet.
In some respects, yes: shareholder rights (a staple of American capitalism) are gaining ground, for example.
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It is the hallmark of a true believer, and a staple of his creed.
Dredging up opponents' past misdeeds from the stands is a staple of the matchday experience for fans.
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Assimilating Latinos craved something more than its staple of telenovela soap operas and Mexican movies, we said.
But the share of shoppers buying consumer electronics, typically a staple of the weekend, remained essentially flat.
Now limas are not only a staple of my diet but often, the star of a meal.
Meat remains the staple of most dishes, cooked in various ways including deep-fat frying, roasting, instant-boiling, stir-frying, steaming and stewing.
Long a staple of Middle Eastern cuisine, hummus is earning a growing following among Americans seeking more-healthful snacks.
Conservation is a fairly new idea - ivory used to be a major staple of British Empire trading.
For decades, the California-based financial titan has been a staple of the Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A) investment portfolio.
Tax expenditures--targeted tax breaks--are a staple of life in Washington, never more so than in rotten economic times.
This morning I read a trend piece, that staple of New York journalism, in the New York Observer.
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Even the stencil work, a staple of contemporary street art the world over, is remarkably rich and detailed.
Thanks to Puente's experiments in color, tempo, nuance and shading, the mambo became a staple of the LP era.
Benchmarking to a single or customized index has long been a staple of the investment management and advisory businesses.
Promises of reform have been a staple of Portuguese politics for two decades.
Drug-resistant pandemics have been a staple of local news hysteria since the H1N1 virus swept the globe in 2009.
It was 1993, before fax machines were a staple of every small business.
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The dish reportedly got its name in Charleston, South Carolina, and it is a veritable staple of Lowcountry cooking.
Religious sermons against the "commercialization" of Christmas have also been a staple of the season ever since I can remember.
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