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sugar

[shoog-er] / ˈʃʊg ər /


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I was also told to avoid white bread, crackers, pasta and rice—what the dietitian called “fiber-stripped carbs”—because they could send my blood sugar soaring and then crashing.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

"Ultra-processed food triggers dopamine, the pleasure hormone, which promotes craving. Food companies work with scientists to find just the right amount of sugar, salt, and fat that make you want to eat more and more."

From Science Daily ● Oct. 1, 2026

"Because they promise sweets, but we don't feel any sugar in our mouths."

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

The first case he saw was a teenage girl with several days of fever and rash, whose blood sugar appeared dangerously low.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

MA’S voice floats up from downstairs, along with the scents of cinnamon and sugar.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer

Means demanded stricter limits on added sugars, protein in breakfasts and 100% whole grain products, changes that roughly quadrupled the cost.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

They are typically made with refined fats, oils, sugars, starches, salts, and other additives designed to improve flavor, texture, and shelf life, often while lowering nutritional quality.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 27, 2026

"An hour or two of exposure is enough to trigger glycosylation, or the binding of smoke to the sugars in the grapes," said oenology consultant Clement Prelat, who is advising winemakers in the area.

From Barron's ● Aug. 6, 2026

Sodha says that limiting each plant to 750ml of water a day produces "rich, highly concentrated sugars and aromas instead of water-logged, bland fruits".

From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026

A large store of proteins and sugars must be present to mop up the poison and wring it from the body.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer

"Nah, nah, nah. I used to use sugared hot water, before the days of hair lacquer. And I couldn't afford hair lacquer, anyway."

From BBC ● Jun. 24, 2025

Takeout: The Much Ado About Stuffing pickup feast includes a 14-pound natural turkey ready to roast in your oven, gravy, stuffing, mashed potatoes, brown sugared yams, roasted Brussels sprouts and roasted delicata squash.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 15, 2023

Dip each in the turbinado sugar to coat one side; set sugared side up on the prepared baking sheet, nine per sheet.

From Washington Times ● Aug. 15, 2023

“While he can wag a finger as vigorously as the rest of his Boomer cohort, gentleness and twinkle have always sugared the Croz pill,” Eccleston wrote.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 19, 2023

It was when I had gone to find her a Coke that I saw Mrs. Baker, standing alone beside a pile of sugared strawberries.

From "The Wednesday Wars" by Gary D. Schmidt

"The sugaring season has come early this year and is still underway," he said.

From BBC ● Mar. 25, 2024

But she soon found that before she could provide services for clients, and earn more, she was required to attend trainings on such things as sugaring to remove unwanted hair and lash and brow maintenance.

From Reuters ● Oct. 17, 2022

Van den Berg remains optimistic that technological advances the modern sugaring operation affords can provide a buffer.

From Salon ● Jul. 13, 2022

The University of New Hampshire has a hotline for maple sugaring questions.

From New York Times ● Apr. 7, 2021

“This was such a good sugaring year,” said Deydey, “we’ll be able to pay off most of our bill at the trader.”

From "The Birchbark House" by Louise Erdrich




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