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lozenge

[loz-inj] / ˈlɒz ɪndʒ /
NOUN
troche
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NOUN
medicinal dose
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There’s always a lozenge in my bag, just in case.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 19, 2024

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

In fact, it was a throat soothing lozenge made with an extract of the marshmallow root long before it became a confection without even a hint of real marshmallow.

From Seattle Times Jan. 7, 2022

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

And so she continued, at the same pace, to sweep the dust, cigarette ends, and lozenge wrappers from the rest of the steps, until she reached the letter boxes at the bottom.

From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri

He reportedly tossed lozenges into the audience when a fit of coughing disrupted a performance with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 23, 2026

And she has gold lozenges painted all around the perimeter of her shroud, done tastefully, without obvious ostentation.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 20, 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

On benches under the portico, elderly women from the nursing home sat in pairs, in knee-length overcoats with oversized buttons, eating lozenges.

From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri




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