tender
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There’s a tender, surprising moment of reconciliation in the novel’s final pages — the place where story stops.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026
For all the brutal methods they use to raise John, the most potent observations in this hour of “Lanterns” are tender.
From Salon ● Aug. 31, 2026
BBC News NI also asked the EA if they could provide details on how many taxi contracts are currently out to tender and how many pupils are in a similar situation in Northern Ireland.
From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2026
Garfunkel’s tender folk couldn’t be farther from the chrome-coated zeitgeist of the turn of the last century.
From Salon ● Aug. 29, 2026
“No. The line tender sees everything. Reads the divers’ signals, the terrain, the equipment.
From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen
Because they are made with un-hydrogenated fats that are liquid at room temperature, they have a moister, tenderer texture than butter cakes.
From Salon ● Sep. 1, 2021
Oftentimes, if you scratch a gearhead’s chrome-plated obsession, what you uncover is something tenderer than a Proustian remembrance.
From New York Times ● Aug. 19, 2021
Out of the darkness of these ugly times, and the tenderer moments conjured in a family of seven children, Butterworth weaves an enthralling tapestry of melodrama, wryness and suspense.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 21, 2018
Make your chicken work for you Two big benefits of meat-pounding: tenderer, speedier meat.
From Slate ● Jul. 3, 2018
Still, she could have looked at him across the dividing chasm with something tenderer than pity.
From Miss Arnott's Marriage by Richard Marsh
For the tenderest texture, slice the steak thinly and against the grain.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 27, 2023
The tenderest and meatiest of all ribs are the baby back, which have nothing to do with babies, but everything to do with backs.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 8, 2022
Some of the tenderest moments transpire between Yang and Mika, whose close bond suggests that a shared species can be less unifying than a common culture.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 3, 2022
Better yet, the juices will have redistributed and you'll be looking at the tenderest, moistest turkey of your life.
From Salon ● Jul. 14, 2021
The father’s tenderest feelings were supposed to make his voice quaver as he said,
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
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