lozenge

It is an enormous yellow lozenge moored to the seafloor with two giant turbines attached on what look like great wings.

From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2023

The candy heart was born during the lozenge craze of the mid-1800s, when apothecaries sold medicated candies to soothe sore throats and suppress coughs.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 7, 2023

If you've ever eaten a York Peppermint Pattie or sucked on a menthol lozenge, you feel that rush of what seems like cool air sweeping down your nose and your throat.

From Salon ● Oct. 29, 2021

Portman noted that the way she exaggeratedly works a lozenge in her mouth during a contentious press interview was inspired by Madonna in her tour documentary “Madonna: Truth or Dare.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 7, 2018

“Now, Mother, I haven’t troubled Constance with any of that nonsense. There’s nothing to tell, really. Itchy rash. Coughing fits. A stiff brandy and a headache lozenge, and I’m good as new.”

From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood

He reportedly tossed lozenges into the audience when a fit of coughing disrupted a performance with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 23, 2026

Instead, Prof Smith says the best approach is for people to "wait it out", drink water to stay hydrated and take lozenges that encourage swallowing and "inhibit a cough" for a period of time.

From BBC ● Dec. 3, 2025

Authorities are deeply concerned, however, that the jewels risk being broken down for their valuable gems, which range from hundreds of diamonds to emeralds and sapphires the size of lozenges.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2025

Sweethearts — also known as conversation hearts — were created in 1847, when a Boston pharmacist named Oliver Chase invented a machine that made it easier to create apothecary lozenges.

From Salon ● Feb. 13, 2024

Polished round and smooth as marbles or lozenges of stone veined and striped.

From "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy