vanilla
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"The increase has been phenomenal," she said, blaming shortages of vanilla and soaring chocolate prices for pushing costs "sky high".
From BBC • May 23, 2026
For the crust, you’ll need just three ingredients: vanilla wafers, unsalted butter and sugar.
From Salon • May 10, 2026
Edmond Albius devised the hand-pollination technique that made vanilla cultivation commercially viable; he died in poverty after emancipation.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2026
Even the vanilla scent near the sweet shop had faded.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 24, 2026
A solitary sunbather in his underpants, facedown on a towel, had patches of uneven sunburn on his shoulders and legs—pink and white like a strawberry and vanilla ice cream.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
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