sweet-and-sour

As an example of good science-and-society policymaking, the history of fluoride may be more of a cautionary tale.
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As this list shows, punishments typically run to a short-ish jail sentence and/or a moderately hefty fine.
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The smell of grilled meat mixes with the exotic wafts of cinnamon tea served with a mush of sweet brown dessert.
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She was even sweet to that smug ingrate Miss Bunting after she kept insulting everyone at dinner.
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So just looking forward to taking our sweet ass time with this next one.
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She looked so sweet when she said it, standing and smiling there in the middle of the floor, the door-way making a frame for her.
Music-Study in Germany|Amy Fay
She did not need a great cook-book; She knew how much and what it took To make things good and sweet and light.
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So after a few minutes I remarked to him, "Everything tastes very sweet out of this spoon!"
Music-Study in Germany|Amy Fay
Give a sweet savour, and a memorial of fine flour, and make a fat offering, and then give place to the physician.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version|Various
He turned to the gentle accents of his sweet Alice, breathed in a letter which had been wet with her grateful tears.
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British Dictionary definitions for sweet-and-sour

sweet-and-sour

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(of food) cooked in a sauce made from sugar and vinegar and other ingredients

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