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blossom

[blos-uhm] / ˈblɒs əm /






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This ageworthy bottling delivers big acidity, with notes of lime zest, white blossom, tangerine and grilled lemon.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026

"We may be rooted in different realities, but together we rise through cooperation and blossom for humanity," he said.

From Barron's ● Sep. 13, 2026

AI software can identify each open blossom and direct a robotic arm — or a worker — to release pollen with the precision needed to avoid deformed fruit.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026

Frank Lampard could be just the right coach to help Yirenkyi blossom further, as a midfielder of Premier League standard.

From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026

One afternoon Peeta stops shading a blossom and looks up so suddenly that I start, as though I were caught spying on him, which in a strange way maybe I was.

From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins

Our first epiphany came five days in, after we broke camp under cherry blossoms above Cape Muroto, Shikoku’s southeast tip.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026

"My horse is a therapist for this other little horse now. Every day he blossoms."

From BBC ● Jun. 14, 2026

They filled with blossoms as usual this spring, so Shafer rented about 100 beehives and the bees went to work pollinating.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 19, 2026

"We observed the cherry blossoms in full bloom on March 30," Kyoto Local Meteorological Office said.

From Barron's ● Mar. 30, 2026

In the summer it was a wild and beautiful place, bright with blooms and full of the smell of blackberry blossoms and purple clover.

From "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH" by Robert C. O'Brien

Bellingham, a teen sensation at Birmingham, followed Sancho's playbook by first moving to Dortmund, where he blossomed into one of the most sought-after midfielders in Europe.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

As her success blossomed, Kusama’s fiberglass sculptures of flowers and pumpkins got bigger, her palette brightened and her installations became more kaleidoscopic.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026

What started as a little tailored vintage clothing store on La Brea Avenue blossomed into a billion-dollar company.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026

A notion that blossomed from an idealistic vision was Martinized into a cult-like excursion for the privileged.

From Salon ● Jul. 24, 2026

I had known her only slightly at Healdtown, and it was not until I saw her again in Alexandra that our relationship blossomed.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

Fears that biopiracy might take a chunk out of the blossoming market, meanwhile, have prompted the government to announce a ban on the export of the raw form of the yam.

From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 2026

The Angels also would prefer not to replace Soriano from a blossoming corps of young arms.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 31, 2026

From a lifeless strip of grass to a blossoming garden, Annadale Community Centre's grounds have received a glow up over the past year, becoming a "hidden gem" for all to enjoy.

From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2026

Seeing themselves through her eyes has created a blossoming self-hatred: “Our room? Is sordid and bare and mean. Minimalist, she calls it,” Solange says glumly.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 28, 2026

My boy grew into a man, my girl into her long, slender body like the blossoming mimosa at the end of the drive.

From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez




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