blossom
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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
I like the way that he started to blossom a bit and you could see him gaining in confidence.
From BBC ● Jun. 7, 2026
As tech’s latest craze started to blossom in 2023, Microsoft invested $10 billion in OpenAI, the startup that had captured the world’s collective imagination with ChatGPT.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 28, 2026
They floated upward, rather, like a very large ulola blossom, with a bit more control than the wind-borne flowers had.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
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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
"Just as cherry blossoms bloom when spring approaches, the Miyako Odori is a spring tradition in Kyoto," Kyoko Sugiura, head of the Yasaka Nyokoba Gakuen, a school for geishas in Kyoto's Gion district, told AFP.
From Barron's ● Apr. 3, 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
And countless other blossoms and spikes of herbs I can’t name.
From "I Can Make This Promise" by Christine Day
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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
The intervening works offer a survey of how the timid painter in the first work blossomed into the assured artist in the second.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 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
The plum trees blossomed; the petals fell like snow, leaving behind tiny green buttons that hid shyly among the leaves.
From "A Single Shard" by Linda Sue Park
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With her high, bright soprano, Katrina Galka was a persuasive Clara—you believed in her emotional blossoming; tenor Roy Hage needed to be more of a crooner as Fabrizio.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 15, 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
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
“It’s been decades of us struggling to survive. Now we’re at this moment where it’s not a struggle. It’s a blossoming moment where our future is set up forever.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 13, 2026
Janie had spent most of the day under a blossoming pear tree in the backyard.
From "Their Eyes Were Watching God" by Zora Neale Hurston
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