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There was the play in which freshman defensive end Luke Wafle ran through two Spartans blockers like a hot knife through butter.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2026

Hormel Foods, the Austin, Minn.-based maker of Spam lunch meat and Skippy peanut butter, named Ash Bhumbla as its next chief financial officer, effective Sept. 8.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026

Or I might grab a quick strawberry or peanut butter smoothie from Main Squeeze in Santa Monica, then go see the sunset.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026

“The Rhône is a land of olive oil,” he writes, “the Rhine a pasture full of butter, the Po alive with the aromas of Parmesan and prosciutto.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026

I looked at Mr. Diamant, weak and thin, at my babcia, soft as warm butter with her tear-streaked face.

From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron

She writes his speeches, manages his appointments and butters up an important colleague with the gift of a ceramic pig.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026

You can get fancy with your butters by making a garlic herb butter or a whipped honey butter to brush the insides and tops of your rolls.

From Salon ● Jun. 28, 2026

WSJ | Buy Side: The Vitamix 5200 makes excellent smoothies, soups, nut butters and more.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 26, 2026

Specialty brands of compound and flavored butters are being sold for $20 each and $60 per bundle.

From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2025

“I can’t figure why you’d want to paint the cabinets, but whatever butters your biscuit.”

From "Hope Springs" by Jaime Berry

Zoo officials made the announcement in a recent Instagram post that included a video of the little mammals known for their distinct scent of buttered popcorn.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 2026

Within minutes, the batter was ready, poured between buttered pans and thrown into the oven.

From Salon ● Jun. 14, 2026

Often smeared on hot buttered toast, it tastes like a fishy, peppery paté, befitting the mock Latin name Osborn gave to it, Patum Peperium.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 1, 2026

In other words, the urge to order a plate of buttered noodles or a perfectly crisp chicken nugget isn’t childish.

From Salon ● Apr. 25, 2026

At home she would have been having buttered toast and strawberry jam and probably a piece of sponge-cake to round it off.

From "Matilda" by Roald Dahl

“It felt a little bit like he was buttering us up,” Brockman testified.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 16, 2026

Besides, Colby has long displayed a knack for buttering up his superiors.

From Slate ● Jul. 8, 2025

He also wasn’t shy about scolding dining companions who committed such sins as buttering their bread or not eating all their vegetables.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 2025

Maybe standing up for Wilson will earn Sutton a few more targets, and if that’s the case, perhaps rookie Marvin Mims Jr. should try buttering him up, too.

From Washington Times ● Nov. 17, 2023

And the girls were still checking the reflection of their feces in their cell phone screens, powdering their cheeks, and buttering their lips.

From "The Boy in the Black Suit" by Jason Reynolds