lozenge
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It is an enormous yellow lozenge moored to the seafloor with two giant turbines attached on what look like great wings.
From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2023
The candy heart was born during the lozenge craze of the mid-1800s, when apothecaries sold medicated candies to soothe sore throats and suppress coughs.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 7, 2023
If you've ever eaten a York Peppermint Pattie or sucked on a menthol lozenge, you feel that rush of what seems like cool air sweeping down your nose and your throat.
From Salon ● Oct. 29, 2021
Portman noted that the way she exaggeratedly works a lozenge in her mouth during a contentious press interview was inspired by Madonna in her tour documentary “Madonna: Truth or Dare.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 7, 2018
It soothes fever and melts like a lozenge over the throat.
From "What the Night Sings" by Vesper Stamper
Perplexity advised rest and fluids, while Claude also recommended zinc lozenges and saltwater gargles.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 4, 2026
Instead, Prof Smith says the best approach is for people to "wait it out", drink water to stay hydrated and take lozenges that encourage swallowing and "inhibit a cough" for a period of time.
From BBC ● Dec. 3, 2025
That approach is standard practice in the U.K., but it’s outside the medical mainstream in the U.S., where only pharmaceutical-grade medications like nicotine gum and lozenges are formally approved to help smokers quit.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 29, 2024
Originally set on making medicinal lozenges to help alleviate sore throat and bad breath, Oliver began creating candy — and founded a profitable business along the way.
From Salon ● Feb. 13, 2024
His eyes were like Salim’s, I realized, dark lozenges.
From "The London Eye Mystery" by Siobhan Dowd
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