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salve

[sav, sahv] / sæv, sɑv /




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Cheaper money is always a salve for the economy.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 23, 2025

More than that, some are betting that AI and robotics will be the salve to our nation’s debt troubles.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 2, 2025

Brazil is also a major source of beef exports to the U.S., a salve at a time when meat prices are driving inflation.

From Slate • Jul. 14, 2025

Flanagan is strictly interested in what futility does to the human soul — and how it can be a salve, too.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2025

He lashed out with his hind feet and tried to rear, but Jody held his head down while Billy mopped the new wound with carbolic salve.

From "The Red Pony" by John Steinbeck




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