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glaze

[glayz] / gleɪz /




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If you’re like me, talk of bonds, yields, and buybacks makes your eyes glaze over.

From Slate ● Aug. 20, 2026

The resulting effect stirred Bayouth to use more outside elements in her glaze application.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026

The company manufactures its own equipment to shape, bake and glaze the shiny pastries it sells across more than 40 countries, and relies on relatively few workers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026

But that dinner, more than anything else, adds a hardened glaze of insult to Megan’s allegation that Thompson cheated on her.

From Salon ● Apr. 30, 2026

Spotting the vases, he chipped the encrustation off one of them and was convinced what he was holding in his hands was celadon, an extremely valuable East Asian stoneware characterized by its beautiful blue-green glaze.

From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler

To publicize his idea, Crowe hit upon a plan that some might find a bit creepy: He designed an entire dinnerware series with the glazes, then held a dinner party using the products.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 6, 2025

Leftover curry pastes, chipotles in adobo, gochujang-honey glazes, romesco, tamarind chutney—all of them freeze beautifully.

From Salon ● Jul. 15, 2025

Cressey developed a formula for liquid clay and experimented with overlapping glazes and new textures.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 3, 2024

He leaves the surfaces simple, without colorful glazes or decoration.

From Seattle Times ● May 8, 2024

We know nothing about how those earliest known surface glazes themselves were developed.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

The buxom stall-owner lifts a furry, giant hare, its dead eyes glazed, as a primly dressed female customer offers coins in payment.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026

I just know they’re the type of people who love a good board game — one with rules that take a half-hour to explain, by which time their guests’ eyes have glazed over.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 27, 2026

Chisora, partly outside of the ropes, beat the count at eight, eyes glazed, as Wilder stalked forward.

From BBC ● Apr. 4, 2026

Then came thick-cut, tableside-smoked bacon glazed with maple and peppercorn alongside a fig-topped heirloom tomato salad.

From Salon ● Mar. 7, 2026

She knew I wanted pomegranate; I knew she was dropping a bag of green tea into the blue mug her son had glazed at school.

From "Tradition" by Brendan Kiely

Allow me to say this: Your eyes are glazing over.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2026

The U.S. asset manager expects the Japanese company to capture rising demand for architectural glass, automotive glazing and solar products thanks to its manufacturing capabilities and deep customer relationships.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 24, 2026

To describe the phenomenon, he used the slang word "glazing" -- to excessively praise something.

From Barron's ● Mar. 24, 2026

“Please don’t be glazing me here, Zohran,” he said, borrowing some Gen Alpha slang as the candidates, and audience, laughed riotously.

From Salon ● Nov. 2, 2025

I can see kids’ eyes glazing over; Sophie and her crew are inching toward the door.

From "Linked" by Gordon Korman




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