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blossom

[blos-uhm] / ˈblɒs əm /






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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

Instead, she’s tinkering with the idea that Chicago might be her second city, a place where her artistic talents can fully blossom in a smaller market.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 1, 2026

Before you leave, order a coffee — flavors like rose water, pistachio, and orange blossom tahini offer a refreshing finish to the meal.

From Salon Jun. 11, 2026

Authorities cancelled the town's famous cherry blossom festival this year, saying the surge in tourists had become unmanageable for locals.

From BBC Jun. 1, 2026

Who had looked at me, soft and fresh as a blossom, and decided to give me to the tide.

From "Beyond the Bright Sea" by Lauren Wolk

When Susie pitched it to me, I didn’t even realize how perfect it was: A prunus vase is usually what they put plum blossoms in, and meiping means beautiful plum vase.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 17, 2026

"Cherry blossoms there are in flower now with the main spectacular rhododendron display to follow."

From BBC Apr. 19, 2026

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

From Barron's Mar. 30, 2026

It was spring, and I kept telling myself I would drive down to Washington one weekend to see the cherry blossoms.

From Slate Mar. 29, 2026

Standing amidst blazing cherry blossoms, he ordered the men under his command—some 88,000 troops in North Carolina, Georgia, and Florida—to lay down their weapons.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson

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

It’s as if they blossomed for us out of gratitude.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 28, 2026

Henderson blossomed in six years under the tutelage of Carlisle's coaching staff and Manchester United signed him in 2015 at the age of 14.

From BBC Jun. 21, 2026

The same dynamic has blossomed within the GOP.

From Salon Jun. 9, 2026

A summer limp with the weight of blossomed things.

From "Sula" by Toni Morrison

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

Backstage, she and Sean “hit it off immediately,” spawning a blossoming creative relationship that has held up since.

From Los Angeles Times May 14, 2026

The turn-of-the-century molds in his studio — which use botanic motifs, blossoming forms with metallic winged and floral attachments — look like desk toppers fit for an early 1900s eccentric obsessed with Darwinism and industrialization.

From Los Angeles Times May 6, 2026

The White House said the decor was inspired by English gardens, with the room featuring towering trees and blossoming boxes of lilac.

From BBC Apr. 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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