butter
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Mari Reynoso, Miguel's 26-year-old daughter, acknowledged that "industrialization" threatened her town's bread and butter.
From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2026
One can practically taste the butter on their lips as Kirsten Dunst glides through ornate halls and indulges in raspberry-topped sweets.
From Salon ● Oct. 20, 2026
It's about the bread and butter in the Premier League - that's the most important thing.
From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026
Prices for some items, like eggs, butter and cheese, have fallen over the past year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
Then, while you were waiting for the pan to heat up, you spread butter on the outside sides of the sourdough bread.
From Absolutely Almost by Lisa Graff
WSJ | Buy Side: The Vitamix 5200 makes excellent smoothies, soups, nut butters and more.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 26, 2026
Influencers fill aisles in search of trendy nut butters and overpriced salads.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 10, 2026
Serve these rolls alongside your favorite salted or flavored butters.
From Salon ● Nov. 26, 2025
Specialty brands of compound and flavored butters are being sold for $20 each and $60 per bundle.
From Salon ● Aug. 16, 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
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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
Chicken tenders, buttered noodles, the multi-billion dollar industries of American fast food and ultra-processed snack foods have created a category that didn’t necessarily need to exist.
From Salon ● Apr. 25, 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
Serve it with buttered orzo, maybe, or pearl couscous slicked with olive oil.
From Salon ● Jun. 30, 2025
Margaret ran in and out, bringing fresh towels and water and tea and buttered toast, clean pocket handkerchiefs, and whatever else Mrs. Clarke ordered.
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
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“It felt a little bit like he was buttering us up,” Brockman testified.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 16, 2026
Before Musk decided to exit OpenAI, Brockman described his attempts to gain more control over the company, an effort that included "buttering up" Brockman and another co-founder, Ilya Sutskever.
From BBC ● May 5, 2026
Besides, Colby has long displayed a knack for buttering up his superiors.
From Slate ● Jul. 8, 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
I knew and they knew he was saying we got to remember which side our bread is buttered on down at the store, and who is buttering it.
From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns
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