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The outfit didn’t evoke a fearless mustering of Real American patriots so much as a Chippendale dancer gone to seed.

From Salon • Mar. 15, 2024

The stadium’s origins date to the turn of the 20th century and a patch of land known as Agricultural Park, an aging fairgrounds gone to seed.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 22, 2023

This Batman has gone to seed, bearded, shaggy gray hair rattling around decayed Wayne Manor until he’s roused from his torpor by the twin Flashes.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 12, 2023

To drape a veil of verdancy over a world gone to seed?

From Washington Post • Aug. 24, 2022

There’s a fountain in the middle of it, a round fountain spraying water in the shape of a dandelion gone to seed.

From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood




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