lozenge

It is an enormous yellow lozenge moored to the seafloor with two giant turbines attached on what look like great wings.

From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2023

The candy heart was born during the lozenge craze of the mid-1800s, when apothecaries sold medicated candies to soothe sore throats and suppress coughs.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 7, 2023

If you've ever eaten a York Peppermint Pattie or sucked on a menthol lozenge, you feel that rush of what seems like cool air sweeping down your nose and your throat.

From Salon ● Oct. 29, 2021

Portman noted that the way she exaggeratedly works a lozenge in her mouth during a contentious press interview was inspired by Madonna in her tour documentary “Madonna: Truth or Dare.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 7, 2018

I swallow and blink, and pop a lozenge, uncapping my water bottle and spilling half the contents down my shirt in a hasty chug.

From "Better Nate Than Ever" by Tim Federle

Another brand, Nic Nac, touts “premium ingredients” and tells consumers to use its lozenges “anywhere you need an edge, whether it’s in the gym, office, or on an airplane.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

Instead, Prof Smith says the best approach is for people to "wait it out", drink water to stay hydrated and take lozenges that encourage swallowing and "inhibit a cough" for a period of time.

From BBC ● Dec. 3, 2025

As popularity increased, their product range expanded from chewing gum to include the five other antismoking products approved by the Food and Drug Administration: lozenges, patches, inhalers and nasal sprays.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2024

Sweethearts — also known as conversation hearts — were created in 1847, when a Boston pharmacist named Oliver Chase invented a machine that made it easier to create apothecary lozenges.

From Salon ● Feb. 13, 2024

Next she unpacked a large cake of Sunlight Soap, a toothbrush, a packet of hairpins, a bottle of scent, a small folding armchair and a box of throat lozenges.

From "Mary Poppins" by P. L. Travers