sugar
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He runs a hedge-fund firm, Moreton Capital Partners, that bets on the price of everything from American grains to Southeast Asian palm oil to Brazilian sugar and soybeans.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
These products are loaded with sugar, fat and chemical additives.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
German government proposals to include Coke Zero and other artificially-sweetened drinks in its new sugar tax fizzled out Wednesday after pushback within the ruling coalition and from businesses.
From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 2026
Britain’s postwar sugar rationing offered a rare alternative.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 26, 2026
Karel, though, I thought as I watched him spooning sugar into his cup, was different.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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They are typically made with refined fats, oils, sugars, starches, salts, and other additives designed to improve flavor, texture, and shelf life, often while lowering nutritional quality.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 27, 2026
"An hour or two of exposure is enough to trigger glycosylation, or the binding of smoke to the sugars in the grapes," said oenology consultant Clement Prelat, who is advising winemakers in the area.
From Barron's ● Aug. 6, 2026
Sodha says that limiting each plant to 750ml of water a day produces "rich, highly concentrated sugars and aromas instead of water-logged, bland fruits".
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026
During photosynthesis, plants use sunlight to convert CO2 and water into sugars while releasing oxygen back into the atmosphere.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 9, 2026
It’s crammed full of molecules and vessels endlessly shuttling enzymes and sugars from one part of the cell to another, pumping water, nutrients, and oxygen in and out of the cell.
From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot
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"Nah, nah, nah. I used to use sugared hot water, before the days of hair lacquer. And I couldn't afford hair lacquer, anyway."
From BBC ● Jun. 24, 2025
You can whip a bit more cream and make a few more sugared cranberries to top each one.
From Salon ● Dec. 19, 2024
Generations of rockers would strive to replicate the sugared hard rock of the Raspberries but Carmen wound up softening his attack after he parted ways with the group.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 11, 2024
Takeout: The Much Ado About Stuffing pickup feast includes a 14-pound natural turkey ready to roast in your oven, gravy, stuffing, mashed potatoes, brown sugared yams, roasted Brussels sprouts and roasted delicata squash.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 15, 2023
It was when I had gone to find her a Coke that I saw Mrs. Baker, standing alone beside a pile of sugared strawberries.
From "The Wednesday Wars" by Gary D. Schmidt
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"The sugaring season has come early this year and is still underway," he said.
From BBC ● Mar. 25, 2024
Stewart's "Daily Show" begat the version of late-night that holds sway over much of TV today: headline-driven segments sugaring information and politics with comedy.
From Salon ● Jun. 9, 2023
But she soon found that before she could provide services for clients, and earn more, she was required to attend trainings on such things as sugaring to remove unwanted hair and lash and brow maintenance.
From Reuters ● Oct. 17, 2022
Now we can add another hobby to a year of quarantine trends: backyard maple sugaring.
From New York Times ● Apr. 7, 2021
They’d looked delicious hanging from the tree’s branches, but cut up into pieces, they emitted an aroma unlike anything he’d ever smelled before—the scent was intensely sweet, almost sugaring the very air around it.
From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray
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