tonic
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In some of those pockets, homelessness and street crime are the most salient issues facing the city, and Pratt’s apocalyptic talk about them landed as a tonic.
From Slate • Jun. 9, 2026
You have a lot of cooks and a lot of pots, and you don’t want to get burned in this way again, even if the $300,000 is the perfect tonic.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 21, 2026
What’s Next: The company has also expanded into newer categories, including low-alcohol products like hard seltzers and nonalcoholic beverages such as Hiyo, a tonic drink infused with botanical and functional ingredients.
From Barron's • Jan. 7, 2026
At the start of his finance career, DeAndre Brown, 26, met a mentor during happy hour who taught him the trick of ordering a tonic with lime.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 6, 2026
“Some authority of society is probably hot on the scent of your suffocating hair tonic right now. Where did you come from? Why are you following me?”
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
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"The Yellow Wallpaper" by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
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