zest

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Finish with lemon zest, a squeeze of juice, grated Parmesan and a drizzle of olive oil.

From Salon • Apr. 3, 2026

"He no longer had any zest for life," Josee Poissant told AFP.

From Barron's • Feb. 25, 2026

As Helen Zoe Veit tells it in “Picky,” a “childish” appetite used to be one characterized by zest and indiscrimination.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026

She says it not only gave "her zest for life" back – it saved her marriage.

From BBC • Feb. 14, 2026

We cannot think of giving it up, even when living loses its zest—even when we have lost the zest for zest.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas