dollop
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And there is always a healthy dollop of nostalgia when reminiscing about kits - those hazy childhood memories relived through a golden filter.
From BBC ● Jun. 1, 2026
The finished product is indulgent and addictive, flavoring the humble chia seed with freshly brewed Thai tea, maple syrup and vanilla extract, alongside a dollop of homemade coconut whipped cream.
From Salon ● Mar. 31, 2026
The main ingredients, she’ll tell you, requiring a dollop of growth, gratitude, of giving and not taking.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 29, 2026
At home, I keep it rustic and dollop generous mounds of meringue onto lined baking trays, then use the back of a teaspoon to shape them.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 27, 2026
We’d have a dollop of stirabout each and enough flour for a tiny loaf of bread that would last us for days.
From "Nory Ryan’s Song" by Patricia Reilly Giff
A seasonal salad and dollops of spiced yogurt round out plates.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 28, 2025
Other scientists praise the study’s innovative use of high-resolution imaging technology to turn dollops of dung into goldmines of information.
From Science Magazine ● Nov. 27, 2024
The thing that I love is they put these little dollops of cheese on their pizzas that’s almost like frosting, so you can’t go wrong with any of them.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 19, 2024
The idea was born out of frugality, using leftover tikkas and mixing it in a thick tomato gravy and dollops of butter.
From BBC ● Jan. 27, 2024
Great tears poured from beneath his clenched lids and fell in steaming dollops to the ground.
From "The Girl Who Drank the Moon" by Kelly Barnhill
I swirled a half-cup around the crust and dolloped it with fat shreds of fresh mozzarella and torn basil leaves.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026
They whipped whitefish, blueberries and lard into a traditional Alaska Native dessert, and dolloped servings onto a paper plate, setting it in the flames to feed her spirit.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 29, 2024
State dinners with our oldest ally have always featured sweet bonhomie dolloped with prickliness.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 1, 2022
This snowy mound dolloped into a very loose, amorphous round with peaks and swirls is baked low and slow until crackled and crisp at the edges.
From New York Times ● Apr. 22, 2022
He’s just dolloped there in his best robes, and everyone’s huddled over his breathless body, hoping he’ll give some sign of what they should do in case he dies.
From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri
A simple lime glaze and whipped ricotta for dolloping make this recipe feel more special than your average snacking cake.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 23, 2023
And in one of the most unlikely juxtapositions, they’re dolloping it on Doritos, the junk food famous for leaving a telltale dusting of neon-orange powder on a binger’s fingers.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 5, 2023
May I suggest dolloping some onto a margherita to make it uber fancy, or spreading it thinly onto dough and topping it with shaved summer squash and mint?
From Salon ● Apr. 10, 2022
Then a makeup artist began dolloping concealers onto the back of her latex glove.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 21, 2022
I’m dolloping the cream in, and it floats, when a thought hits me: We got to leave a tip for this waiter.
From It’s like this, cat by Emily Neville
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