gumdrop
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gumdrops
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Sprinkle in a bit of imagination and the hats can also be transformed into a cake, a cupcake and, yeah, even a gumdrop!
From Salon ● Apr. 15, 2023
Painted in gumdrop colors and faux good cheer, Hanna Bergholm’s “Hatching,” set in a leafy Finnish suburb, is a nightmare of puberty and poor parenting.
From New York Times ● Apr. 28, 2022
“He’s an ideas man who’s never touched a machine. He just tumbles into the inventing room and says something like, ‘Oh, what about a gumdrop that makes children dream silly dreams?’
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2021
His camera found, among other things: boots from Bhutan striped with a multicolored gumdrop design.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 24, 2021
Jessie set aside the octane gumdrop molecule she had started on and grabbed a piece of paper and a pen.
From "The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street" by Karina Yan Glaser
Plus: Does anyone really like nibbling desiccated gumdrops?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 5, 2025
But that doesn’t mean it’s gumdrops, rainbows and good vibes only.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 19, 2023
Three months later, on a cold December day, we bought a tree together and decorated it with strands of popcorn and gumdrops.
From Salon ● Dec. 3, 2022
“A lot of the gumdrops — that’s where you’re going to see impact,” she said.
From New York Times ● Sep. 7, 2022
The best one was when she’d balanced a small plastic bucket of gumdrops over the closet door so that when I opened it all the way, it fell on me.
From "Keep It Together, Keiko Carter" by Debbi Michiko Florence
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