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The second part of developing the recipe was crafting the chai masala, or spice blend, which includes black pepper, cardamom, star anise, and mace, among other spices.—
Alana Al-Hatlani,
Southern Living,
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Over 50 customers and employees were forced to evacuate after fumes from the mace reached the air conditioning vents and spread throughout the store, according to the Westminster Police Department.—
Andrea Klick,
Oc Register,
2 June 2025
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If consumed in excess, both cane and high-fructose corn syrup, like all sugars, can carry negative health effects including weight gain, diabetes and heart disease.—
Anthony Robledo,
USA Today,
18 July 2025
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Countries ranging from South America to Europe and Asia more commonly use sucrose, derived from cane or beet sugar, in Coca-Cola.—
Andrew Stanton,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 July 2025
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Though Trump has deployed Vance on multiple foreign tours through their first 100 days in office, where the vice president has served as a messaging cudgel touting Trump’s isolationist foreign policy, the president himself is yet to take a trip overseas.—
Christian Datoc,
The Washington Examiner,
17 Apr. 2025
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The Trump administration has been using federal research funding as a cudgel.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
15 Apr. 2025
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Juice takes the baton and continues his journey to hopefully discovering inner-peace.—
Michael Saponara,
Billboard,
11 July 2025
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Sangay, who took up the baton as the political leader of the exiled government, said that by making the transition to democracy the Dalai Lama wanted to ensure Tibetans can run the movement and the government on their own, even after he is gone.—
Simone McCarthy,
CNN Money,
3 July 2025
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Even the basic concept of free speech has become another truncheon in the nation’s ongoing battle between tribes.—
Steven Greenhut,
Orange County Register,
2 Mar. 2025
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There were police with truncheons and tear gas outside the ground.—
Roshane Thomas,
The Athletic,
13 Feb. 2025
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Her eyes are big and sad, and her index finger touches the tip of the nightstick hanging from the policeman’s belt.—
Daniel Alarcón,
New Yorker,
30 June 2025
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Also called a nightstick, the baton is essentially a club with a handle, often used for crowd control.—
Dakin Andone,
CNN Money,
10 June 2025
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And so Coetzee decided that El polaco would be his bludgeon against the dominance of English.—
Carey Baraka,
The Dial,
26 June 2025
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When the Republican Charles Sumner was struck down by a Southerner on the Senate floor, Raymond’s paper called for armed resistance by pistol, bludgeon, and bowie knife, if necessary.—
Matthew Karp,
Harpers Magazine,
29 Apr. 2025
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Wesley Alexander Hill,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2025
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The rapper-producer enlisted Armand Hammer’s billy woods and Elucid, Open Mike Eagle, Lupe Fiasco, Homeboy Sandman, and Hanni El Khatib for Black Hole Superette.—
Jazz Monroe,
Pitchfork,
2 Apr. 2025
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“Knobkerrie.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/knobkerrie. Accessed 26 Jul. 2025.
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