soupcon
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Clearly, there’s more than a soupcon of autobiography mixed into this novel.
From Washington Post ● May 3, 2022
President Obama would sneak a soupcon of almonds or a cigarette.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 7, 2018
Frank needs a smaller life, one that will allow him to regain a soupcon of his soul and maybe find a piece of his heart.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 9, 2018
In between are dozens that you thought were just OK: An X-Men movie here and there, with a soupcon of Star Trek tossed in.
From Time ● Jul. 26, 2017
And the soupcon of blue on the hat and in the earrings of miladi lights up the whole personality.
From December Love by Robert Smythe Hichens
The account has gotten widespread attention, in part for mixing its attacks with a soupçon of self-deprecation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 26, 2026
You think Manhattan is a soupçon more representative of middle America than San Francisco?
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 14, 2025
What if an autistic person tries to encourage understanding by dispassionately stating facts, and a neurotypical with tremendous certainty spews a series of incorrect takes — with perhaps a soupçon of condescension?
From Salon ● Oct. 9, 2022
In Mr. Clines’s hands, it was a front-page story, with a soupçon of bemused irony lurking just beneath the Timesian surface.
From New York Times ● Jul. 11, 2022
“I’m mostly pecans. With just a soupçon of maple sugar.”
From "The Season of Styx Malone" by Kekla Magoon
