sweeten
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For families trying to figure out whether to use the accounts, the proposed rules could sweeten the deal, financial advisers say.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 14, 2026
According to Hunter, jury members had made up their minds before the remaining three castaways even had a shot to sweeten their chances at the final tribal council.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 22, 2026
Ackman also noted another unusual feature of the deal that should help sweeten the pill for anyone with immediate losses on the closed-end fund.
From Barron's ● May 1, 2026
He has to sweeten up the president, while at the same time keep enough savoury moments to defend his own values and to promote the interests of the UK government.
From BBC ● Apr. 24, 2026
He added a generous dollop of sour cherry jam to his glass, but I was inclined to drink mine unflavored, with only a cube of sugar to sweeten it.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
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It may also offer them a cut of the spoils from a tolled Strait, but that hardly sweetens the foul deal for the rest of the world.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 28, 2026
Here is how the deal sours for Netflix and sweetens for Paramount.
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 22, 2025
The skin and butter brown, the garlic sweetens, the bird infuses with the nutty flavors of the cheese.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 3, 2024
What to know: Kabocha’s thick almost amphibious green and white speckled skin gives way to a dry orange flesh, which sweetens when cooked.
From Salon ● Oct. 8, 2023
“Best in Isfahan. Her hand sweetens the honey itself.”
From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri
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The Cortado Cloud, a 4-ounce espresso or matcha drink sweetened with vanilla syrup and finished with a thick cream top, is exclusive to Studio City.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
Through questionnaires completed every 1 to 4 years, participants reported how often they consumed sugar-sweetened beverages such as soda, fruit punch, lemonade, sweetened tea and sports drinks.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 23, 2026
Prologis sweetened its takeover bid for U.K. warehouse owner Segro to nearly $19 billion, sending Segro shares higher.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
Sources close to the new deal said the creditors had sweetened it with hundreds of millions in new money on top of the existing offer.
From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026
Sunlight measured itself out in regular oblongs on the shabby, but soft red carpets, and a whiff of fresh-cut grass sweetened the air.
From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath
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Paramount, which had initially bid $108 billion for the entire company, continued to circle, launching a hostile tender offer aimed directly at shareholders and continually sweetening the terms of its bid.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 16, 2026
Netflix is offering to pay $27.75 per share in cash, sweetening its offer from the initial bid, which proposed a mix of cash and shares in the new company.
From BBC ● Feb. 10, 2026
Netflix posted its results shortly after sweetening its $72 billion bid for Warner Bros.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 21, 2026
My younger neighbors, knowing this, grocery-shopped for me, sweetening my mornings with fresh milk and fruit during those long, grim days.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2025
I had seen lots of Persians drink their tea this way—sipping it through a cube of sugar—but I was categorically opposed to sweetening tea in any way.
From "Darius the Great Is Not Okay" by Adib Khorram
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