butter
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In the 20th arrondissement, the typical dish of the Aveyron is aligot, a simple combination of Tomme de vache cheese, potatoes, butter and garlic.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026
In the core public-markets arm, BlackRock’s iShares exchange-traded funds remain its bread and butter.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026
Begin with a modest roux — butter and flour, cooked together until they smell faintly nutty.
From Salon • Apr. 7, 2026
Recently it has joined the AI rush, deviating from its bread and butter of conventional infrastructure and blue-chip stocks, pumping money into several large AI data center funds, including one with asset manager Brookfield.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026
While Mr. Pinkerton was steel-eyed and sharp, Mr. Bangs was like butter.
From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan
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