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syrupy

[sur-uh-pee, sir-] / ˈsɜr ə pi, ˈsɪr- /
























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In most standard hydraulic systems, fluid becomes syrupy and can affect everything from aircraft controls to missile launchers and radar masts.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 27, 2025

Ice wine is made from grapes that freeze on the vine and are pressed while still frozen, creating a sweet, almost syrupy dessert wine.

From Salon • Mar. 30, 2025

His bone-dry delivery makes it so that the sour is never too sharp and the sentimental is never too syrupy.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 28, 2025

A new bakery cafe has just opened, offering ciabatta and sourdough loaves as well as hot cross buns, syrupy cakes, vegetable quiches and of course coffee.

From BBC • Mar. 8, 2025

She poured the syrupy liquid into a measuring glass and tested the volume and density.

From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool




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