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tonic

[ton-ik] / ˈtɒn ɪk /


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What’s Next: The company has also expanded into newer categories, including low-alcohol products like hard seltzers and nonalcoholic beverages such as Hiyo, a tonic drink infused with botanical and functional ingredients.

From Barron's • Jan. 7, 2026

The outlook, a good tonic for our dangerously fractious times, is worth recovering.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 22, 2025

One seller was found promoting them as a tonic for mothers who have just given birth and as a medicine for combating coughs.

From BBC • Dec. 11, 2025

It was a good tonic for McVay, who said he became ill after it ran through his family, from his young son to his wife before it finally hit him Friday night.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 7, 2025

“Some authority of society is probably hot on the scent of your suffocating hair tonic right now. Where did you come from? Why are you following me?”

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole




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