dessert
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“A tank in the battlefield now is like a dessert cake—the drone boys will be fighting each other over the right to strike it first,” Jurašs said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026
One time, both mother and daughter ordered the most expensive dessert at about $16 each only to eat half of one and left the other — that kind of waste.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 17, 2026
Priced according to your choice of entrée, brunch includes an appetizer, entrée and dessert, all portioned for a leisurely meal.
From Salon ● Sep. 8, 2026
Bruna Subashi, an energetic woman in her 40s, asked to convene in a luridly pink dessert parlor on Vlore’s waterfront called Big Scoop.
From Slate ● Sep. 8, 2026
I always got hot chocolate, and she got coffee, and we picked one dessert from the case and split it.
From Absolutely Almost by Lisa Graff
I missed the creative process and dreaming-up desserts seemed like the perfect outlet.
From Salon ● Sep. 26, 2026
As part of the new framework, sweet desserts, like cake, will be reduced from a regular lunch offer to twice a week in secondary schools, and once a week in primary schools.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
“Wattle seed’s coffee and chocolate notes add a native differential to certain dishes, but specifically desserts and canapés,” says Bendrau.
From Salon ● Aug. 30, 2026
For about a third of the price of Nisei’s main tasting menu, diners get a five-course meal of just desserts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
To lift my mood, I did things my parents wouldn’t have let me do, ordering two and sometimes three desserts and never eating salads.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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Vocabulary lists containing dessert
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