powder

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Lupines, fiddlenecks and bush sunflowers, among other native wildflower species, are just starting to take off in the Puente Hills, particularly in Turnbull Canyon, Powder Canyon and on the Purple Sage Loop.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 17, 2026

At A-Basin, as locals call it, you still get 1,400 acres of mostly intermediate and advanced terrain, including moguls on Powder Keg and the wide, groomed blues off the Zuma lift.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 24, 2026

It’s named for an electrical engineering alum who landed a job in 1909 selling explosives for the E.I. du Pont de Nemours Powder Company, and eventually worked his way up to treasurer.

From Barron's • Dec. 26, 2025

Powder House Park was a convenient place to pitch a big tent, since it sits between the Tufts campus and the liberal yard signs of Somerville, where Ozturk lived.

From Slate • Mar. 27, 2025

“A likely story! Sneaking around on your own — why aren’t you in Hogsmeade buying Stink Pellets and Belch Powder and Whizzing Worms like the rest of your nasty little friends?”

From "Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban" by J.K. Rowling