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In this case, that means a heady 1916 tome about a privileged, college tennis champion turning away from life with a silver spoon in his mouth.
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Adam Hurly, Robb Report, 20 May 2025
Image Charles Ede will show 70 objects at its booth this year, the priciest being an $850,000 Roman marble torso of a youth, and the most affordable being a Byzantine silver spoon (from the 4th to the 6th century B.C.) priced at $2,000.
—Farah Nayeri, New York Times, 1 May 2025
To live in close proximity (walking distance for me) to Northbrook Court — once one of the largest indoor malls in America — was akin to being born with a silver spoon in your mouth.
—David Petitti, Chicago Tribune, 14 Apr. 2025
There the bright young men who are born with silver spoons in their mouths are the ones who have been the worst.
—Liz Tracey, JSTOR Daily, 24 Mar. 2025
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Adam Hurly, Robb Report, 20 May 2025
Image Charles Ede will show 70 objects at its booth this year, the priciest being an $850,000 Roman marble torso of a youth, and the most affordable being a Byzantine silver spoon (from the 4th to the 6th century B.C.) priced at $2,000.
—Farah Nayeri, New York Times, 1 May 2025
To live in close proximity (walking distance for me) to Northbrook Court — once one of the largest indoor malls in America — was akin to being born with a silver spoon in your mouth.
—David Petitti, Chicago Tribune, 14 Apr. 2025
There the bright young men who are born with silver spoons in their mouths are the ones who have been the worst.
—Liz Tracey, JSTOR Daily, 24 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for silver spoon
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“Silver spoon.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/silver%20spoon. Accessed 5 Jun. 2025.
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