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salve

[sav, sahv] / sæv, sɑv /




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But it can feel like a salve to the lover girl part of your soul, if you let it.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 13, 2026

Cheaper money is always a salve for the economy.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 23, 2025

The heroism by a Muslim immigrant has been a salve to intercommunal wounds.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 19, 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

Bast mixed the salve and smeared the foul-smelling concoction onto the scribe’s shoulder before wrapping a bandage around it.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss




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