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Recent Examples of cloy
Lengua gyutan, or beef tongue, soaked in a creamy mushroom gravy, seemed destined to cloy but turned out to be smooth, balanced, and savory.
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Jiayang Fan, The New Yorker, 2 Sep. 2022
But before such moments can cloy, Arbery usefully complicates his case.
—New York Times, 22 June 2022
That sweetness can cloy if it’s not suitably chilled and diluted, which is why almost everyone chooses to make it on the rocks.
—Jason O'Bryan, Robb Report, 16 Dec. 2021
The museum’s sacredness to many, including me, can cloy a little.
—Peter Schjeldahl, The New Yorker, 8 Feb. 2021
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Jiayang Fan, The New Yorker, 2 Sep. 2022
But before such moments can cloy, Arbery usefully complicates his case.
—New York Times, 22 June 2022
That sweetness can cloy if it’s not suitably chilled and diluted, which is why almost everyone chooses to make it on the rocks.
—Jason O'Bryan, Robb Report, 16 Dec. 2021
The museum’s sacredness to many, including me, can cloy a little.
—Peter Schjeldahl, The New Yorker, 8 Feb. 2021
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cloy
Verb
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For large campuses, redundant programing is often needed, and there may be times in which saturating a campus with an outreach initiative is warranted.—
Eric Wood,
Forbes.com,
7 June 2025
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Price’s staff alleged the blaze sent a toxic plume saturated with lead and other dangerous chemicals drifting over the East Bay, before the company’s staff allegedly tried covering it up.—
Jakob Rodgers,
Mercury News,
4 June 2025
Verb
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Next steps: While the long-term plan is developed, short-term measures are being considered to alleviate traffic issues.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
27 May 2025
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On a quiet pandemic afternoon in 2021, Zhiyuan Wang, then a graduate student at Rice University, was alleviating his boredom by working on a weird mathematical problem.—
Shalma Wegsman,
Wired News,
25 May 2025
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This is a particularly effective way for the strengths of high-accountability individuals to shine while also allowing the team to move faster by lightening your load as their leader.—
Olivia Dufour,
Forbes.com,
29 May 2025
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One way to help lighten the load is to make mealtime, snack time, and grazing time a family friendly affair.—
Patricia Shannon,
Southern Living,
27 May 2025
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Always do right; this will gratify some people and astonish the rest.—
Danny Heitman,
Christian Science Monitor,
9 May 2025
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The gratifying news is that, almost a century later, Tables for Two is still running, now with Helen Rosner in the Lois Long seat.—
Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
5 May 2025
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“Cloy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cloy. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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