gently

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The vineyard for the domaine’s namesake wine is in the village of Vosne-Romanée, where vines grow on a gently sloped plot of less than 5 acres.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 2026

The goal is to gently warm tissue at the back of the eye just enough to activate natural repair systems, without causing harm.

From Science Daily • May 27, 2026

Add the brioche to the custard mixture and gently toss to coat.

From Salon • May 25, 2026

Some of them work by gently blowing air across the fabric, making it flutter and lift, so that it can then be sucked towards a gripper and clamped into place, for example.

From BBC • May 18, 2026

“It might not be as bad as you think,” she said as she gently removed the two from my calf muscle, the calf muscle I’d hacked into in the simulation.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin