balm
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Coover’s book is about baseball, but it is really about the escape that baseball—and any other would-be balm to a difficult present—can provide.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
As he’s watched the Kennedy Center drama unfold and arts infrastructure unravel, he said sitting among laughing audiences has been a balm — for himself and many others.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 23, 2026
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
We’ll take our balm where we can find it, especially now.
From Salon • Jan. 31, 2026
“Oh,” said Fadi, picking up the scent of her watermelon-flavored lip balm.
From "Shooting Kabul" by N. H. Senzai
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