concoction
Example Sentences
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"Vooaaria!" the bird croaked, a concoction of sounds that resembled a drunken old man.
From Barron's • May 20, 2026
Even those who swear by the broccoli concoction say they can’t be sure that they are benefiting from anything other than a placebo effect.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2026
She dabbed some oil on the inside of my wrists — a special concoction her mother Diane makes called Wolf Oil, which you can buy at the collective for $45.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 8, 2025
On top of all this, Kincaid appears to have played a role in the concoction of the DOJ letter itself.
From Slate • Nov. 20, 2025
The purgante was her own concoction, a mixture of cod-liver oil and mugwort, milk of magnesia, and green papaya juice, sweetened to disguise the fishy, bitter, chalky taste.
From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago
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