sugar

Example Sentences

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When participants believed they were drinking sugar, this area became more active, even if the drink did not actually contain sugar.

From Science Daily • Apr. 9, 2026

The one that appears alongside onion petals, Monte Cristos and a molten chocolate lava cake that arrives under a small weather system of powdered sugar.

From Salon • Apr. 7, 2026

One issue for patients with the disease is that they struggle to maintain healthy blood pressure and blood sugar.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 6, 2026

A comparable process took place in Cuba after the Spanish-American War, when American sugar companies acquired 60% of rural properties across Cuba, reducing independent farmers—largely manumitted slaves and their descendants—to the level of low-wage labor.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

I pocket his money and walk away from them, letting my nose lead me to the sugar shack while I rub furiously at the mocking smiles, try to make them and what they represent disappear.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam