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broccoli

[brok-uh-lee, brok-lee] / ˈbrɒk ə li, ˈbrɒk li /


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They grow salad onions, broccoli and other vegetables on fields nearby, all irrigated by the lake water.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

You’re supposed to have matured into the kind of person who wants the broccoli.

From Salon ● Sep. 15, 2026

This is what you would find in half an orange, three to four florets of cooked broccoli or one-third of a glass of orange juice.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 27, 2026

It is in our nature to see something new and spit it out like we are 2 years old and PepsiCo has offered us a spoonful of broccoli.

From Slate ● Aug. 21, 2026

She'd cooked for us with care, putting broccoli and Brussels sprouts on our plates and requiring that we eat them.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama




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