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Although people have harvested its honey and wax—sweetness and light—for thousands of years, the honeybee has not been tamed.
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Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 21 Aug. 2023
The new linkage makes the drag strip all sweetness and light instead of the prelude to a visit to the chiropractor.
—Larry Griffin, Car and Driver, 3 Feb. 2023
With its perfectly balanced sweetness and light carbonation, the Pink Bubbly provides a refreshing sip with every single can. 13.
—Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 15 June 2023
The quads appeared often in newspapers and newsreels, represented as sources of sweetness and light at a time when Shirley Temple was at her most famous and little kids were working overtime in popular culture to distract Americans from the dire consequences of the Great Depression.
—Rebecca Onion, Washington Post, 14 June 2023
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Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 21 Aug. 2023
The new linkage makes the drag strip all sweetness and light instead of the prelude to a visit to the chiropractor.
—Larry Griffin, Car and Driver, 3 Feb. 2023
With its perfectly balanced sweetness and light carbonation, the Pink Bubbly provides a refreshing sip with every single can. 13.
—Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 15 June 2023
The quads appeared often in newspapers and newsreels, represented as sources of sweetness and light at a time when Shirley Temple was at her most famous and little kids were working overtime in popular culture to distract Americans from the dire consequences of the Great Depression.
—Rebecca Onion, Washington Post, 14 June 2023
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“Sweetness and light.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sweetness%20and%20light. Accessed 2 Oct. 2024.
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