sweeten
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Many counties sweeten the deal with school-tax exemptions for residents 62 or 65-plus.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 15, 2026
Adopting a psychedelic-rock aesthetic, “Casket” was another stab at optimism; Brock wanted to create something intentionally upbeat to sweeten the sour, post-pandemic mood.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 9, 2026
To sweeten the deal, Amazon is providing same-day delivery to nearly 3,000 cities, with plans to expand to 4,500 by the end of the year.
From Barron's ● Apr. 21, 2026
Officials decided to sweeten the pot by offering to export the “Taiwan model” of high-tech industrial clusters to America.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 23, 2026
“The conserve is to sweeten the tea,” said the priest.
From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman
The Social Security Administration leaves it up to every person to make those decisions for themselves and, yes, it sweetens the pot if you claim later.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 11, 2026
It may also offer them a cut of the spoils from a tolled Strait, but that hardly sweetens the foul deal for the rest of the world.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 28, 2026
Ava sweetens the moment by telling her mentor that this token is something they should have shared a long time ago.
From Salon ● May 9, 2025
And I said, “Well, that sweetens the pot.”
From New York Times ● Jul. 1, 2023
The charm of adventure sweetens that sensation, the glow of pride warms it; but then the throb of fear disturbs it; and fear with me became predominant when half-an-hour elapsed and still I was alone.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
Modella sweetened the deal with several concessions, which convinced British Land to drop its opposition.
From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2026
Their findings indicate that these differences may influence food and beverage preferences and could help explain why certain sweetened products are especially appealing.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 26, 2026
This dessert is decadent and is baked with sweetened condensed milk that’s reminiscent of dulce de leche.
From Salon ● Jun. 20, 2026
When he was drafted, the team gave him just a small bonus, but sweetened the deal by offering to pay for college if he ever went back to school.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 4, 2026
The English public, now consuming some eighteen pounds of sugar a year, knew little about the lives of the enslaved Africans whose labor sweetened their meals.
From "Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science" by Marc Aronson
Paramount, which had initially bid $108 billion for the entire company, continued to circle, launching a hostile tender offer aimed directly at shareholders and continually sweetening the terms of its bid.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 16, 2026
For PSUS’s do-over listing, Ackman is sweetening the deal by giving those who participate in the fund IPO free shares in Pershing Square.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 11, 2026
“They’re sweetening the pot,” Paul Hardart, a professor at New York University’s Stern School of Business, said of the Ellison family.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2025
Tennis Australia is equally as bold as its American counterparts, but it does not have the same financial clout to offer the mountain of prize money and sweetening appearance fees.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2025
Her handmaids filled the tub with tepid water that stank of sulfur, sweetening it with jars of bitter oil and handfuls of cmshed mint leaves.
From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
