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balm

[bahm] / bɑm /




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All of that access can feel like a balm for the ever-embattled press, a deserved return to pride of place.

From Slate • Mar. 18, 2026

The moon is right there on your phone now and that can be a fleeting balm for our troubled souls.

From BBC • Mar. 7, 2026

We’ll take our balm where we can find it, especially now.

From Salon • Jan. 31, 2026

Light rock can be a balm for wounded souls, the movie keeps reminding us in unexpected ways.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 24, 2025

Wise men had massaged eucalyptus balm into her temples, steamed her face with herbal infusions.

From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri




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