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Bananas are often left to languish in tote bags; berries go soft in their cartons.

From Salon • May 6, 2025

It is time for us to harden our hearts against the hardwoods, and we shouldn’t go soft on the softwoods, either.

From Washington Post • Aug. 23, 2022

But Krantz’s mother, a lawyer for Legal Aid who was always dressed to the nines, did not want Judith and her siblings to go soft in their life of privilege.

From The New Yorker • Jun. 25, 2019

It also refuses to go soft on any of its characters, many of whom are interviewed by Goffard and readily describe their own blindness, cowardice and seemingly inexplicable actions.

From New York Times • Nov. 22, 2018

His eyes go soft and, I’m pretty sure, a bit damp, but he looks away from me.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam




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