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[ber-ee] / ˈbɛr i /


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The standout drink on my visit was the triple berry matcha, made with first-harvest organic matcha, house-made berry syrup and vanilla cream.

From Salon Jun. 11, 2026

Soren Bjorn, chief executive of fresh berry supplier Driscoll’s, said that calculus was a point of debate among executives at the Milken Institute Global Conference in Los Angeles last month.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 7, 2026

Participants drank a banana based smoothie, a mixed berry smoothie, and a flavanol capsule used as a control.

From Science Daily May 24, 2026

One woman who worked at a berry farm before the steel mill opened told him “as soon as that plant fired up … everything died.”

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 26, 2026

It glowed as brightly as a holly berry in the dimness, and several of them had brushed through it, longing for the contact with something so vibrantly alive.

From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman

Grizzly bears are — were — omnivores, not picky eaters, and also lazy ones, noshing on berries, roots, acorns, beached whale carcasses and any laggardly young elk.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 13, 2026

Cyclospora is a parasite that contaminates leafy greens, berries and herbs.

From MarketWatch Aug. 3, 2026

Nervous consumers are also avoiding berries and herbs, which have indentations that can trap microscopic parasites, though they haven’t been implicated in the recent outbreak.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 31, 2026

Experts also advise people avoid certain foods such as fresh uncooked berries and herbs, unpeeled fruit and salad items.

From BBC Jul. 30, 2026

Besides, Omakayas reasoned, as she walked contentedly along, the taste of the sugar would save her from eating every one of the berries she was sure she would find on the path.

From "The Birchbark House" by Louise Erdrich

The floral arrangements used “English foliage — holly, berried ivy and red skimmia,” and the tree was to be recycled to be viewed by holiday visitors to Windsor.

From Washington Post Dec. 25, 2022

In fall, masses of winter pansies, ornamental kale and berried shrubs replace tender plantings in the massive window box and containers, while the trim boxwood hedges and clipped hollies carry the show throughout winter.

From Seattle Times Nov. 27, 2021

The leppards used to live there together, and when they died, they was berried at dead o' night down at thicky spit you sees yonder.

From The Astonishing History of Troy Town by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch

De ole Daltons wuz berried on de Ole Jimmy Scales plantation.

From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves, North Carolina Narratives, Part 1 by Various

Under this arrangement 2,365 "berried" lobsters were bought from the Maine fishermen by the U. S. Fish Commission.

From The Lobster Fishery of Maine Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission, Vol. 19, Pages 241-265, 1899 by John N. (John Nathan) Cobb

They spoke most of the weather, and mentioned fishing, berrying and hunting as often as art.

From Time Magazine Archive

I’m beginning to think she’s gone fishing or berrying and will not return until dusk.

From "On the Far Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George

Of course, I’m not going to follow her, although it would be easier than playing On the Track, the game we made up when went berrying or food gathering.

From "On the Far Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George

Joe and Marly did so much berrying, what with strawberries and then red raspberries and then blackberries, that Joe said he was absolutely berried-out.

From "Miracles on Maple Hill" by Virginia Sorensen

All the flycatchers forgot their usual diet and took to berrying as ardently as the tanagers themselves.

From Jungle Peace by William Beebe




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