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Recent Examples of taffy Someone is then shot with a harpoon, only to have their guts pulled like taffy from the wound. David Fear, Rolling Stone, 20 Feb. 2025 Boucher was on the hunt for Abba-Zaba, a chewy taffy bar with a real peanut butter center. Jessica Ma, Sacramento Bee, 20 July 2024 The texture ranges in consistency from an oil-like substance to a syrupy sap or even a sticky taffy. Jalen Williams, Detroit Free Press, 9 July 2024 The Hunter, by Tana French Tana French stretches the tension – and the mystery genre – like taffy in her return to the ethically murky Irish village of Ardnakelty. Staff, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 Mar. 2024 See All Example Sentences for taffy
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butter
Noun
  • Kardashian was joined by her 69-year-old momager, Kris Jenner, who opted for a brighter look in a butter yellow Givenchy belted blazer-style mini dress.
    Rachel McRady, PEOPLE, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Stir in white chocolate and butter microwave in 15-second intervals, until melted.
    Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Oct. 2025

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“Taffy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/taffy. Accessed 18 Oct. 2025.

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