lettuce
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Burgers are available, with accompanying plastic bags that include lettuce, tomato, and pickle, to allow attendees to individually dress their sandwiches.
From Slate ● Nov. 2, 2026
Yet, the return of calm masks a new sense of unease among the residents of this agricultural region -- one of the country’s primary producers of lettuce and other vegetables.
From Barron's ● Oct. 29, 2026
In July, the FDA announced that a lettuce sample had tested positive for cyclospora, then corrected the finding as a false positive.
From Salon ● Oct. 19, 2026
About three-fourths of the water taken from it flows to farmland, about 5 million acres of it, producing alfalfa for cattle as well as lettuce, broccoli and other crops.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026
Mama rushes over from the kitchen, still holding the head of lettuce she was shredding.
From "Zara’s Rules for Record-Breaking Fun" by Hena Khan
Millions of lettuces are set to be wasted as farmers are grappling with a record outbreak of aphids that has devastated the end of their growing season.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
The deployment of lettuces other than romaine — e.g., kale, chicories, radicchio — should always be accompanied by a menu-warning, so that those opposed may opt out.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 7, 2024
Nowadays in the early mornings, farmers — many of them descendants of Xochimilco’s original inhabitants — can be seen loading canoes with lettuces and flowers grown in the rich sediments dredged from the canals.
From New York Times ● Dec. 5, 2023
I always have a ton of bell peppers, chilies and lettuces.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2023
Pedro el Conejo was a bad little rabbit who crawled into Senor MacGregor’s garden to eat up his lettuces.
From "The House of the Scorpion" by Nancy Farmer
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