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Recent Examples of sweet tooth
For those with a sweet tooth, Dairy Queen also added a new $7 menu option, in which customers can choose between an original cheeseburger or chicken strips, pair it with full-size regular fries and a drink, and then top it off with a sundae made from their famous soft serve.
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Kimberlee Speakman, People.com, 25 Feb. 2025
Comments For folks with a sweet tooth for saccharine love stories, Nicholas Sparks movie adaptations hit the spot — most of the time.
—Sezin Devi Koehler, EW.com, 23 Feb. 2025
United Airlines has brought back a fan-favorite snack, tempting flyers who have a sweet tooth.
—Ashley J. Dimella Fox News, Fox News, 12 Feb. 2025
Make the recipe Southern-Style Caramel Cake Photograph by Travis Rainey, Food Styling by Sean Dooley, Prop Styling by Marc Williams
With a buttery, vanilla-scented cake and a rich caramel frosting, this is the perfect cake for anyone with a serious sweet tooth.
—Olivia Quintana, Bon Appétit, 26 Jan. 2025
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Kimberlee Speakman, People.com, 25 Feb. 2025
Comments For folks with a sweet tooth for saccharine love stories, Nicholas Sparks movie adaptations hit the spot — most of the time.
—Sezin Devi Koehler, EW.com, 23 Feb. 2025
United Airlines has brought back a fan-favorite snack, tempting flyers who have a sweet tooth.
—Ashley J. Dimella Fox News, Fox News, 12 Feb. 2025
Make the recipe Southern-Style Caramel Cake Photograph by Travis Rainey, Food Styling by Sean Dooley, Prop Styling by Marc Williams
With a buttery, vanilla-scented cake and a rich caramel frosting, this is the perfect cake for anyone with a serious sweet tooth.
—Olivia Quintana, Bon Appétit, 26 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sweet tooth
Noun
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Your body may also use carbs more efficiently earlier in the day—which can help reduce cravings and promote better weight control.—
Lauren O'Connor, MS,
Health,
25 Mar. 2025
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Medications that reduce opioid cravings, including buprenorphine and methadone, are more widely available, in part because of insurance coverage provided by Medicaid.—
Brian Mann,
NPR,
24 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Sliwa organized a three-day hunger strike at city hall to protest the mayor’s refusal to credit the Guardian Angels with the rescue of a transit officer from an attack at the Bowling Green subway station.—
Kent Russell,
Harper's Magazine,
28 Feb. 2025
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During that period, reports surfaced of hunger strikes, lockdowns lasting over 21 hours, a lack of mental health care, and delays in providing medication.—
Vanessa Swales,
Journal Sentinel,
21 Nov. 2024
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One in two children under 5 are acutely malnourished; over 537,000 suffer from severe acute malnutrition, a condition that is agonizing, life-threatening and entirely preventable.—
Sarah Ferguson,
Forbes.com,
31 Mar. 2025
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Therefore, any reduction in senior malnutrition can help reduce emergency room visits and hospital admissions.—
Maria Carriedo-Ceniceros,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Mar. 2025
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The brothers of an 18-year-old who police say died of starvation and dehydration while strapped to a bed have been arrested, according to news outlets.—
Rhiannon Saegert,
Kansas City Star,
4 Apr. 2025
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The Associated Press reported that Zinna likely died of dehydration and starvation after Arakawa died.—
Martha Ross,
Mercury News,
2 Apr. 2025
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Dates are distributed at every facility to break the fast, Easton said.—
Shanzeh Ahmad,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Mar. 2025
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At sunset, when Muslims rush home to break the fast with the iftar meal, the business owner stands on a street corner pouring out licorice juice from a giant metal pot.—
Dominique Soguel,
Christian Science Monitor,
27 Mar. 2025
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The war, which has wrecked the capital and other urban cities, has claimed the lives of more than 28,000 people, forced millions more to flee their homes, and left some families eating grass in a desperate attempt to survive as famine sweeps parts of the country.—
Samy Magdy,
The Christian Science Monitor,
22 Mar. 2025
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Focusing on what benefits donor countries instead of what serves humanitarian needs in areas experiencing famine, disasters or conflicts is at odds with these principles.—
Chen Reis,
The Conversation,
21 Mar. 2025
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