sweetie
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"Whenever we went around, there would always be a tin of sweets that would come out. We knew them as the sweetie great-grandparents," he said.
From BBC ● Feb. 9, 2026
But Tony P. is not without controversy, even if he’s a sweetie.
From Slate ● Dec. 17, 2024
And I was like, “Yeah, sweetie, it was just a hard movie”; it was a hard thing that happened in life and it was a hard thing to portray and I’m so proud of it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 2, 2023
“There’s no more ‘Oh sweetie, you’re fine,’” Dr. Auguste said.
From New York Times ● May 28, 2023
I don’t listen to the voice mail, because Mom always texts me after—and sure enough, a moment later: So sorry to do this, sweetie.
From "Leah on the Offbeat" by Becky Albertalli
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From sausage rolls to sweeties and a coffee with a bun, there were many things that made Greg Robinson smile.
From BBC ● Mar. 5, 2022
My earliest childhood memory is of me propped up on the sofa, too small to move, and my granny Coralie bringing sweeties home.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 19, 2018
When Sergio Leone cast Henry Fonda as a villain in Once Upon a Time in the West, the actor was best known for playing humble good guys and soft-spoken sweeties.
From Slate ● Aug. 20, 2015
Alfonso, with the assistance of an unsentimentally flirtatious maid, Despina, devises a scheme in which Guglielmo and Ferrando disguise themselves as Albanians and set about on a farcical entrapment of their sweeties.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 26, 2014
There are thank-yous and hugs and Happy birthday, sweeties and Be careful out theres and good-byes.
From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti
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