balm
Example Sentences
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All of that access can feel like a balm for the ever-embattled press, a deserved return to pride of place.
From Slate • Mar. 18, 2026
"I sensed very early on that chess would be a balm to soothe my sorrow, my shield against life’s uncertainties," she writes.
From Barron's • Jan. 20, 2026
“Greenland 2: Migration” offers up a proudly, even defiantly optimistic view of what comes after disaster, which can serve for the viewer as either cathartic fictional balm, or Pollyanna-ish fantasy — pick your poison.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 9, 2026
But oatmeal, of all things, feels like a balm for that guilt: a utilitarian canvas worthy of a little luxury.
From Salon • Nov. 13, 2025
But despite a trip to the Gap and Express and the Body Shop, Pearl bought nothing but a pretzel and a pot of kiwi-flavored lip balm.
From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng
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