butter

She brought an insulated bag and cold packs from home for the dozen blocks of butter she bought.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026

Jessie told Lamar that she’d like to eat some butter beans and cornbread later on.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026

When she declared the butter at JFK, the customs agent glanced at her thawing bars and joked about keeping one—then waved her through.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026

Looking back, I suspect my father had recently begun making a little more money, because that afternoon we bought two things I distinctly remember never having had before: Kerrygold butter and a jar of Rao’s.

From Salon ● Sep. 20, 2026

Other than the occasional bite of butter, I don’t know what he means.

From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron

In the center is the crème de la crème: Maison Bordier, the small artisanal house in Brittany whose butters sell out the fastest.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026

Influencers fill aisles in search of trendy nut butters and overpriced salads.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 10, 2026

This countertop infusion machine automates every step—drying, decarboxylation, and infusion—letting you infuse oils, butters, honeys, and more without the usual guesswork.

From Salon ● Apr. 18, 2025

Among the few food items that survived were his handcrafted nut butters he uses for his artisanal frozen dessert and a $1,200 chunk of Parmesan.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 24, 2025

Mrs. Shainmark takes a scone and passes the plate to Mama, then butters her pastry with the thick cream.

From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan

Charity Angél Dawson, who has performed in Broadway productions of “Waitress” and “Chicago,” buttered up the crowd between renditions of songs popularized by Ella Fitzgerald and Aretha Franklin.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 30, 2026

A standard feature is the halo, a clearly defined sphere that sits like a buttered bonnet on the head of the saint.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 13, 2026

An alternative to jams or jellies, we love spooning it onto bites of toasted bagels or hot buttered toast.

From Salon ● Apr. 13, 2026

You don’t need a microplane or a pasta machine to know its worth; even a humble buttered noodle is elevated by a curl of the real stuff.

From Salon ● Jul. 20, 2025

It can stand in for anything—a stuffed piranha, existentialism, the Monroe Doctrine, or buttered toast.

From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner

“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

"Gravy on the turkey" was what she called it when someone was buttering her up.

From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez