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• n  someone with an assured and ingratiating manner
• n  a thick smooth drink consisting of fresh fruit pureed with ice cream or yoghurt or milk

• Tough and tender Leo: 'In Gangs of New York' he is an 1860s gang lord; in 'Catch Me If You Can' he's a 1960s smoothie.
• As she sliced the cooked organ and put it on parchment paper in a dehydrator, she told me that some people drink the placenta raw as a smoothie.
• PRODUCT Boba, a smoothie-type drink with chewy tapioca pieces in it HOW IT STARTED First popular in Taiwan, migrated to Canada and spread to trendy spots on the West.

• smoothy
• sweet talker
• charmer

News & Articles

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• Smoothie King Opens Eighth Company-Owned Location in Accelerated Expansion Effort
  NEW ORLEANS, June 13, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --  Smoothie King Franchises, Inc. , the premier smoothie bar and nutritional lifestyle center, announced today the grand opening of its newest location in Addison, ...
  June 13, 2013 - PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance
• Robeks Smoothie And Juice Shop Re-Opens In Plainview
  When the Robeks smoothie and juice shop at 331 Oyster Bay Road closed earlier this year, longtime customer Andy Spathis quickly scooped it up. After renovations and improvements, the store reopened May 30 with a revamped menu featuring 21 new items, including an expanded selection of fresh-squeezed raw vegetable juices. A Re-Opening Extravaganza Celebration is planned for June 15, where ten ...
  June 13, 2013 - Plainview - Old Bethpage Herald
• Bluffton woman launches smoothie business
  Bluffton resident Tisha Chafer has launched a new health-coaching business, the Green Smoothie Gal , which promotes "easy nutrition for those on the go," according to a news release.
  June 12, 2013 - Island Packet

Quotes

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• Chandra Crawford in 660 News
  We showed them our fridge, I made a smoothie and we have a massage table upstairs so Devon was wearing a robe and we pretended it was a spa,Crawford said.
• Graeme Samuel in Sydney Morning Herald
  The ACCC is particularly concerned about the growing use of health claims widely used to promote fruit juice, smoothie and related juice products being sold in juice bars,Mr Samuel said. "These claims about certain ingredients may not...
• Emperor Titus in Franchising.com (press release)
  Juice and smoothies, including juice and smoothie bars, frozen dessert stores, and the mix segment, are forecasted to be approximately $2 billion in retail sales for 2006,says Dan Titus, president of Juice Gallery Multimedia, a consulting and...