sorbet
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The sunsets, which feature every shade of sorbet imaginable.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026
The dark purple berry went global in the early 2000s after it was reinvented as a sweet sorbet, often topped with granola and fruit, and marketed for its antioxidant-rich properties.
From Barron's ● Jan. 28, 2026
Instead, she had walls with “soft sorbet hues,” as one reviewer put it, and other elegant decor designed by her sister, Briony Fitzgerald.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 3, 2025
They are the color of blush and sidewalk chalk, with the texture of something halfway between sorbet and nostalgia.
From Salon ● Jul. 8, 2025
The waiter came offering dessert: crème brûlée, mango and chocolate sorbet, or strawberry saffron and sweet-corn vanilla gelato.
From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell
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For years, I've argued there may be no better summer dessert — outside of the realm of ice creams, sorbets and other frozen delights — than crisps and crumbles of all iterations.
From Salon ● Jun. 17, 2024
The coolers are filled with 40 different craft beers, ciders and natural wines, along with sorbets and ice cream churned in-house.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 3, 2023
Dairy still dominates, but plant-based ice cream and sorbets are another growing segment.
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2022
“I’ve become consumed with the endless possibilities of ice creams and sorbets, granitas and cremolatas.”
From Washington Post ● Jul. 20, 2021
Duane assured the fox that he would explain everything and that it might even make an entertaining story to tell while eating sorbets, tarts, and aplomb.
From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el
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