yes
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The finished dish is beautifully green, tender and, yes, gentle on your stomach.
From Salon ● Jul. 25, 2026
But they were outnumbered by panelists who voted yes, with those members citing reasons including "the greater good" and "medical freedom" for their decisions.
From Barron's ● Jul. 23, 2026
And yes, it certainly should be illegal, but may not be.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026
When asked if Infantino should quit, Tebas said: "In my opinion, yes, I think his time is up."
From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026
“Oh yes: ‘. . . to one another and to all.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
But the reality is that celebrating these special days is expensive — and seven yeses add up pretty quickly.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 7, 2026
The choir got a standing ovation and four yeses from the judges after performing Never Enough from The Greatest Showman.
From BBC ● Apr. 12, 2026
You are at the whim of yeses and nos.
From Salon ● Apr. 12, 2024
As an image of the final object — Verner Panton’s 1990s Vilbert chair — was added atop the pile of yeses, Antonelli appraised the victors and nodded.
From New York Times ● Mar. 28, 2024
Spectators in the crowd murmured yeses in response.
From "Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice" by Phillip Hoose
To his family, Disney was a genius to be pampered; to his business associates, he was the boss to be yessed.
From Time Magazine Archive
As this remark, adequately yessed, had been on the tip of Mr. Gilbert's tongue, he could not be blamed for rather abruptly changing the subject.
From The Beautiful and Damned by Fitzgerald, F. Scott (Francis Scott)
His character flaws were widely discussed: his stubbornness, his vanity, his occasional vindictiveness, his habit of yessing callers just to be amiable.
From Time Magazine Archive
But this was no New Deal yessing, for banishing of tax exemption would mean a better market for ordinary corporate bond issues I. B. A. members underwrite.
From Time Magazine Archive
No yessing Hearstling, he some-times lectures Mr. Hearst as if he were a small boy.
From Time Magazine Archive
My grandfather had been wrong about yessing them to death and destruction or else things had changed too much since his day.
From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison
I started yessing them the next day and it began beautifully.
From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison
