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staff of life



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The staff of life is the stuff to like at Michele’s.

From Washington Post • Feb. 4, 2022

Dr. Singh, a wheat breeder, grabbed seed heads that should have been plump with the staff of life.

From New York Times • Jun. 5, 2011

“Is bread the staff of life or the staff of death?”

From The New Yorker • Sep. 27, 2010

We consider bread, as it has been considered for centuries, the staff of life.

From Time Magazine Archive

They ask Dilip Nandi to play the part of Ashima’s brother, to hold the child and feed him rice, the Bengali staff of life, for the very first time.

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri