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burgeon

[bur-juhn] / ˈbɜr dʒən /


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Those fighting the locust outbreak may try to negotiate with Somalia’s extremist fighters to allow spraying in rural areas where they are active, Burgeon said.

From Washington Times • Feb. 9, 2020

But that drier weather is not necessarily the solution, said Dominique Burgeon, the FAO’s emergency and resilience director.

From Washington Times • Feb. 9, 2020

“If at that time there are huge quantities of locusts around, it will have a devastating impact on the crops,” Burgeon said.

From Washington Times • Feb. 9, 2020

“We asked them to try and do something more authentic,” says Hao Wang, a director at Burgeon, explaining that Chinese cooking, at least during the first months, helps ease the kids’ social and digestive transition.

From BusinessWeek • Oct. 1, 2014

Why, there was Titus, my neighbour in the country—when will you come down to Newcome?—who married a devilish pretty girl, of very good family, too, Miss Burgeon, one of the Devonshire Burgeons.

From The Newcomes Memoirs of a Most Respectable Family by Thackeray, William Makepeace




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