dollop
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My stomach was in knots as I pictured myself clad in a lemon chiffon dress looking like a dollop of meringue, doing the Viennese waltz — something resembling a Centrum Silver commercial.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2026
If so, the artist also added a dollop of doubt with his overt local touches.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
And there is always a healthy dollop of nostalgia when reminiscing about kits - those hazy childhood memories relived through a golden filter.
From BBC ● Jun. 1, 2026
That makes diversification, through international stocks and bonds, especially in emerging markets—and a dollop of gold as a buffer—good options for the years ahead.
From Barron's ● Feb. 19, 2026
The only thing Ella had ever stolen in her whole life was a dollop of raw cookie dough when Gran turned her back in the kitchen.
From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton
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A seasonal salad and dollops of spiced yogurt round out plates.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 28, 2025
Other scientists praise the study’s innovative use of high-resolution imaging technology to turn dollops of dung into goldmines of information.
From Science Magazine ● Nov. 27, 2024
The thing that I love is they put these little dollops of cheese on their pizzas that’s almost like frosting, so you can’t go wrong with any of them.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 19, 2024
The idea was born out of frugality, using leftover tikkas and mixing it in a thick tomato gravy and dollops of butter.
From BBC ● Jan. 27, 2024
Great big folds of flesh hung down from his massive belly and dangled in dollops over each other along his four thick legs.
From "Dactyl Hill Squad" by Daniel José Older
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I swirled a half-cup around the crust and dolloped it with fat shreds of fresh mozzarella and torn basil leaves.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026
They whipped whitefish, blueberries and lard into a traditional Alaska Native dessert, and dolloped servings onto a paper plate, setting it in the flames to feed her spirit.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 29, 2024
This fluffy topping is dolloped and spread across the top of the cheesecake and then chilled.
From Salon ● Oct. 12, 2022
This snowy mound dolloped into a very loose, amorphous round with peaks and swirls is baked low and slow until crackled and crisp at the edges.
From New York Times ● Apr. 22, 2022
He’s just dolloped there in his best robes, and everyone’s huddled over his breathless body, hoping he’ll give some sign of what they should do in case he dies.
From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri
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A simple lime glaze and whipped ricotta for dolloping make this recipe feel more special than your average snacking cake.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 23, 2023
And in one of the most unlikely juxtapositions, they’re dolloping it on Doritos, the junk food famous for leaving a telltale dusting of neon-orange powder on a binger’s fingers.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 5, 2023
We like it with a dusting of powdered sugar, but no one's going to stop you from dolloping more ricotta on top.
From Salon ● Jun. 18, 2022
Then a makeup artist began dolloping concealers onto the back of her latex glove.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 21, 2022
I’m dolloping the cream in, and it floats, when a thought hits me: We got to leave a tip for this waiter.
From It’s like this, cat by Emily Neville
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