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salve

[sav, sahv] / sæv, sɑv /




Example Sentences

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Cheaper money is always a salve for the economy.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 23, 2025

The heroism by a Muslim immigrant has been a salve to intercommunal wounds.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 19, 2025

Brazil is also a major source of beef exports to the U.S., a salve at a time when meat prices are driving inflation.

From Slate • Jul. 14, 2025

That's the salve on it, that it keeps going.

From Salon • May 1, 2025

“Well?” said Root, slapping at a paramedic gremlin who was applying burn salve to his forehead.

From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer