balm
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By Sunday, it becomes something quieter: nourishment for the week ahead, a small, steadying balm against the Sunday scaries.
From Salon ● Apr. 26, 2026
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
The desert can be hot and rough, but Giveon’s soothing baritone is a balm capable of healing sunburns and broken hearts.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 9, 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
But that day I received no words of solace, no soothing verbal balm from my schoolmate.
From "While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement" by Carolyn Maull McKinstry
Moisturizers, foundations, concealers, powders and lip balms have increasingly been marketed with additional sun protection in the past couple of years.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 3, 2026
The research, published in the Journal of Archaeological Science, analyzed 35 samples of balms and bandages from 19 mummies.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 16, 2026
Now, nearly a decade and many petitions later, the prodigal wrap returns to the United States with the kind of quiet fanfare usually reserved for cult-favorite lip balms or discontinued sodas.
From Salon ● Jun. 18, 2025
Banal balms surround Janice, slowly driving her mad.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 4, 2025
She soaks her feet in balms of herb water, plays cards past midnight, eats oranges under a full moon.
From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García
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