sweetie
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County Animal Care and Control generally has a large range of kitties to choose from, ranging in age from lil’ baby to old sweetie.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2025
But Tony P. is not without controversy, even if he’s a sweetie.
From Slate ● Dec. 17, 2024
“I don’t think anyone can answer that, sweetie pie.”
From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2024
“There’s no more ‘Oh sweetie, you’re fine,’” Dr. Auguste said.
From New York Times ● May 28, 2023
“Blow out the candles, sweetie, make a wish, before we eat wax cake.”
From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti
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
