butter
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Still, New Zealand must balance its military alliance with the U.S. with a close trade relationship with China, which is its top buyer of commodities such as milk, butter and lumber.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 7, 2026
After incorporating fats other than from milk and cocoa butter, the Hershey Company switched the labeling on some goodies including Almond Joy, Mr. Goodbar and Rolo from “milk chocolate” to “chocolate candy.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026
Still, some of his favourite moments made it into the show, including actress and model Jerry Hall calling him "smooth like butter dripping off of hot corn".
From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026
The butter made it rich; the miso gave it a subtle funk.
From Salon ● Oct. 30, 2026
He was a new kind of lizard: a kind that didn't eat bugs, only peanut butter.
From "All About Sam" by Lois Lowry
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In the center is the crème de la crème: Maison Bordier, the small artisanal house in Brittany whose butters sell out the fastest.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026
WSJ | Buy Side: The Vitamix 5200 makes excellent smoothies, soups, nut butters and more.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 26, 2026
This countertop infusion machine automates every step—drying, decarboxylation, and infusion—letting you infuse oils, butters, honeys, and more without the usual guesswork.
From Salon ● Apr. 18, 2025
Among the few food items that survived were his handcrafted nut butters he uses for his artisanal frozen dessert and a $1,200 chunk of Parmesan.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 24, 2025
Mrs. Shainmark takes a scone and passes the plate to Mama, then butters her pastry with the thick cream.
From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan
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Zoo officials made the announcement in a recent Instagram post that included a video of the little mammals known for their distinct scent of buttered popcorn.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 2026
Often smeared on hot buttered toast, it tastes like a fishy, peppery paté, befitting the mock Latin name Osborn gave to it, Patum Peperium.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 1, 2026
In other words, the urge to order a plate of buttered noodles or a perfectly crisp chicken nugget isn’t childish.
From Salon ● Apr. 25, 2026
A standard feature is the halo, a clearly defined sphere that sits like a buttered bonnet on the head of the saint.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 13, 2026
I nodded before digging into my bowl of buttered grits.
From "Root Magic" by Eden Royce
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“People are being more differentiated, and employers are being more intentional in terms of how they use those budgets. There’s not a lot of peanut buttering, as there might have been in the past.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
Before Musk decided to exit OpenAI, Brockman described his attempts to gain more control over the company, an effort that included "buttering up" Brockman and another co-founder, Ilya Sutskever.
From BBC ● May 5, 2026
Besides, Colby has long displayed a knack for buttering up his superiors.
From Slate ● Jul. 8, 2025
He also wasn’t shy about scolding dining companions who committed such sins as buttering their bread or not eating all their vegetables.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 2025
I knew and they knew he was saying we got to remember which side our bread is buttered on down at the store, and who is buttering it.
From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns
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