sweetie
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"Whenever we went around, there would always be a tin of sweets that would come out. We knew them as the sweetie great-grandparents," he said.
From BBC ● Feb. 9, 2026
I’m unconvinced that sweetie pie Spike is the protagonist I want to follow for two more movies.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 19, 2025
But Tony P. is not without controversy, even if he’s a sweetie.
From Slate ● Dec. 17, 2024
“There’s no more ‘Oh sweetie, you’re fine,’” Dr. Auguste said.
From New York Times ● May 28, 2023
“Oh, sweetie, I would have if I could. If she’d left the hair in my curing soup, she’d be well today.”
From "Ella Enchanted" by Gail Carson Levine
James remembers the shop used to give sweeties to children as they waited with their parents for meat - now those children are the adults, bringing their own families in.
From BBC ● Feb. 28, 2026
My earliest childhood memory is of me propped up on the sofa, too small to move, and my granny Coralie bringing sweeties home.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 19, 2018
When Sergio Leone cast Henry Fonda as a villain in Once Upon a Time in the West, the actor was best known for playing humble good guys and soft-spoken sweeties.
From Slate ● Aug. 20, 2015
Alfonso, with the assistance of an unsentimentally flirtatious maid, Despina, devises a scheme in which Guglielmo and Ferrando disguise themselves as Albanians and set about on a farcical entrapment of their sweeties.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 26, 2014
There are thank-yous and hugs and Happy birthday, sweeties and Be careful out theres and good-byes.
From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti
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