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velvet glove



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“We’ve got to a point where we can no longer be able to afford the velvet glove diplomacy.”

From Seattle Times • Sep. 16, 2023

Iron fist in a velvet glove: Smiling all the while, Nan manipulates the Roy children into overpaying $10 billion just so they can outbid their now-rivalrous father.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 14, 2023

Still, within the velvet glove remains an iron fist.

From New York Times • Jan. 13, 2022

The haleem, a silky stew of chicken, lentils and grains, is a punch of Pakistani spice delivered with a velvet glove.

From Washington Post • Apr. 25, 2017

There might be steel beneath the velvet glove of this fair courtier.

From Prisoners of Chance The Story of What Befell Geoffrey Benteen, Borderman, through His Love for a Lady of France by Parrish, Randall




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