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as in lusciousness
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as in joy
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For example, my sister recalled the ambrosia of our youth being soft and juicy, not in perfect sections.
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Anne Byrn, Southern Living, 19 Dec. 2025
Here, herbalists sell rare ingredients like ambrosia, gum mastic, and oud susin (orris root) from the High Atlas.
—Megan Spurrell, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 Dec. 2025
There is no ambrosia here, just bad coffee.
—Washington Post, 10 May 2022
Her preparations include cleansing and perfuming herself with divinely fragrant ambrosia as well as borrowing a magical, lust-inducing belt from Aphrodite.
—Britta Ager, The Conversation, 20 Oct. 2021
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White Wine Grape Glossary Grenache Blanc An ample, full-bodied white that along with Roussanne personifies the power and lusciousness of Châteauneuf-du-Pape and other Rhône white blends, but also the Spanish white Rioja.—
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Thus, Edward’s choice of ring sweetly honors the couple’s half-decade of dating before getting engaged, the joy of their betrothal, and their hope for their future together.—
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Though Sadie hasn’t made a basket yet, Whittington says her daughter’s joy and encouragement are far more meaningful than any points on the scoreboard.—
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Shop more scents to stack with the rest of your perfume collection, below.—
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Store liquids—such as lotion, makeup, perfumes, and skincare—on a tray to protect your vanity table or bathroom cabinet.—
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And for any kid looking for beats to sample, those Brown-Stubblefield LPs and 45s were manna.—
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Parents’ insistence that children do what they’re told, and the resentment that creates on both sides, are manna for the beast.—
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The ingredients are hypoallergenic, noncomedogenic, and free from fragrances and parabens.—
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One of our writers swears by this Aquaphor lip balm herself because of its gentle formula, which is free of fragrance and parabens.—
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Some tribes in the region that traditionally hold First Salmon feasts to welcome the arrival of spring salmon from the ocean have waited for their catch in vain, forcing them to ask other tribes to donate a fish, Gobin said.—
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We were used to lives of feast or famine.—
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Their flowers in pale pink or white are an afterthought to the plethora of scents – peppermint, lemon, chocolate, nutmeg, apple, ginger, apricot, attar of roses, and cinnamon, among others – that their leaves transmit upon being rubbed or crushed.—
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Also known as attars or absolutes, essential oils are made from fruits and plants.—
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In Sonnenfeld’s telling, the president’s recent moves substitute executive discretion for market outcomes, leaving managers and shareholders operating not within a free market, but at the pleasure of the White House.—
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Would Cora grow more open to life’s imperfect joys, its corny pleasures?—
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“Ambrosia.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ambrosia. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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