sugar cubes
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These three-family clapboard sugar cubes, thrown up by the tens of thousands around the turn of the 20th century across all New England’s cities, are the backbone of Greater Boston’s working-class housing stock.
From Slate ● Sep. 9, 2025
Deadly jellyfish, tiny and iridescent, like sugar cubes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 20, 2023
On “Sabin Sundays,” millions of children, as well as adults, showed up at churches and schools for their free doses, often delivered on sugar cubes.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 18, 2022
"My mom took me for my vaccines. We would get our injections there for free. We would get our polio sugar cubes there for free," said Pastides, an epidemiologist.
From Salon ● Jul. 6, 2020
Think how many cubic centimeters there are in the world outside your window–how many sugar cubes it would take to fill that view.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
