honey
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Adding to the bizarre atmosphere, Garcia said his egg was a bit dry and would benefit from some honey.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
But Kyla says she personally loves the ones which play on the lyrics "baby" and "honey" by using dolls and real honey as props.
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026
It was a strange little society of meats that belonged neither behind the butcher counter nor among the premium lunch meats — the thin-sliced turkey in its tidy package, the glossy hunk of honey ham.
From Salon ● Aug. 25, 2026
Many of her customers add sides of garlic shrimp or honey jerk chicken, with full-size protein sides costing between $7 and $10.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2026
But I don’t want to ask for honey when she’s already giving me tea for free, so I nod.
From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy
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This countertop infusion machine manages every step — drying, decarboxylation, infusion — so you can turn out oils, butters, honeys, and more with reliable results.
From Salon ● Nov. 20, 2025
Vermont-based Runamok has a serious selection of honeys to play with: Try those infused with hibiscus flower, Arbol chiles or lemon verbena, to name a few.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 18, 2023
For breakfast, he requires a selection of six honeys and a special mix of muesli, and to end a meal, a plate of local cheese.
From Seattle Times ● May 8, 2023
Vendors are hawking flower crowns, drinking horns, herbal tea blends and artisanal wildflower honeys while the pop-up taverns declaring “COLD DRYNKS” attend to parched wayfarers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 23, 2022
"Run back in the house now, honeys," the mother said.
From The Man in Gray by Thomas Dixon
They burst into action with an explosion of pyrotechnics and fireworks with Hooligan, which showcased their trademark blend of honeyed harmonies and crisp rap verses.
From BBC ● Jul. 7, 2026
Cool dawn in a bowl, Soft clouds swirl with honeyed light— Morning blooms in white.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 24, 2026
Think clusters of honeyed oats, a handful of nuts, a whisper of cinnamon or maple, a pinch of sea salt.
From Salon ● Oct. 23, 2025
And not just catchy phrases: The “nameless” attracts thousands of followers on Instagram with honeyed images and all the proper wellness hashtags.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 12, 2025
Briefly their noise covered the honeyed words and the spell broke.
From "Ella Enchanted" by Gail Carson Levine
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Russian Journey is his most interesting book to date and offers a penetrating glimpse of the enigmatic bear which is currently bent on retracting its claws and honeying up the world.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Ay, but the young colt winced and whinnied and flung up her heels; and then the King came honeying about her, and this Becket, her father's friend, like enough staved us from her.
From Becket and other plays by Alfred Tennyson, Baron Tennyson
So she set briskly about her task, honeying Eugene the while, for she was confident that this above all things was the thing he needed.
From The "Genius" by Theodore Dreiser
I’d always felt that way, too, till he come honeying round me this spring.
From Captain Pott's Minister by Francis L. (Francis Le Roy) Cooper
But honeying at the whisper of a lord: And one the Master, as a rogue in grain, Veneer'd with sanctimonious theory.'
From Aspects of Modern Oxford by A. D. (Alfred Denis) Godley
Within hours Columbia Artists' Vice-President William Judd was on the transatlantic phone with honied words.
From Time Magazine Archive
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And I, listening, Found not the salt of the whispers of my girl, Murmur of confused colors, as we lay near sleep; Little wise words and little witty words, Wanton as water, honied with eagerness.
From "Cannery Row" by John Steinbeck
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The fat of the fields husks the voice of the morn, while Demeter is weighing her sheaves; The lotus has honied its lips for the kiss, "and the turtle in mockery grieves."
From Montezuma An Epic on the Origin and Fate of the Aztec Nation by Hiram Hoyt Richmond
The words, in Laura's most honied tones, were wafted back as the pair walked towards the house.
From The Jolliest Term on Record A Story of School Life by Angela Brazil
Each bee is drunken with the honied air: And all the air is eloquent with blue.
From Kentucky Poems by Madison J. Cawein