dollop
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The main ingredients, she’ll tell you, requiring a dollop of growth, gratitude, of giving and not taking.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 29, 2026
That makes diversification, through international stocks and bonds, especially in emerging markets—and a dollop of gold as a buffer—good options for the years ahead.
From Barron's • Feb. 19, 2026
These tracks mostly look at the obsessions of Mr. Cole’s youth and add a dollop of earned wisdom.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 10, 2026
Jenrick managed to be late to his own defection, in the latest dollop of farce on a day groaning with drama, jeopardy, skulduggery and plotting.
From BBC • Jan. 15, 2026
The vegetables were overcooked, the cornmeal was too lumpy, the soup too watery, and the yam slices coarse from being boiled without a dollop of butter.
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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