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"text": "I am not suggesting that we return to oversauced baked ziti with sausages, mozzarella-laden lasagna or spaghetti under three handball-size meatballs.",
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"To cover (food) with too much sauce."
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"(transitive) To cover (food) with too much sauce."
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