sugar cubes
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Deadly jellyfish, tiny and iridescent, like sugar cubes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 20, 2023
The main trunk’s glacier surface “is so messed up by crevasses it looks like a set of sugar cubes almost. There’s no place to land a plane,” NSF’s Cutler said.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 15, 2023
Pinkie fingers out; mom's vintage Royal Albert tea set filled and set; lemon slices, cream, and sugar cubes arranged; the girls practiced their manners while sipping tea and eating what my mother called "tea cakes."
From Salon ● Oct. 15, 2022
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
Then we passed around our little hoard of sugar cubes and crackers and peanuts.
From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez
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