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Among the disappointments were sticky-sweet, less-than-meaty "Thai" ribs that came with a potato salad thrown together with unwieldy chunks of tuber and a gloppy yellow binder.
Mussel Bar: Wiedmaier's latest is a letdown, bar none Tom Sietsema 2010
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AT THE 109 shopping mall in trendy Shibuya, saleswomen in ruffled miniskirts shout their welcome in sticky-sweet tones above a din of club music.
Sayonara, Prada 2009
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AT THE 109 shopping mall in trendy Shibuya, saleswomen in ruffled miniskirts shout their welcome in sticky-sweet tones above a din of club music.
Sayonara, Prada 2009
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Greeks and Turks have bickered for centuries over which nation makes the better baklava, a sticky-sweet dessert of layered pastry devoured in huge quantities across the eastern Mediterranean and the Middle East.
Greece's Baklava Bailout Joe Parkinson 2011
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Chaplin is still overrated and too sticky-sweet for my tastes, but this was a fun diversion.
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Chaplin is still overrated and too sticky-sweet for my tastes, but this was a fun diversion.
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The bartenders are whipping up an adult version of Bug Juice, that sticky-sweet no-name-Kool-Aid that any camp-goer would recognize on sight.
Nightlife Agenda 2010
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The sticky-sweet smell of fresh varnish and lemon ammonia is overpowering.
The Madonnas of Echo Park Brando Skyhorse 2010
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The lilacs are in full bloom now, exuding a sticky-sweet scent, swarming with bees.
Healer Carol Wiley Cassella 2010
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I've never been impressed by Kyra Sedgwick's sticky-sweet work as LAPD deputy chief Brenda Leigh Johnson — her cornball accent grates on my Southern-born ears.
Cheers & Jeers: The Closer Gets Another Christmas Present 2010
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