broccoli
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About three-fourths of the water that’s taken out is used for agriculture, growing alfalfa for cattle as well as lettuce, broccoli and other crops.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
That small revelation — broccoli in hand, phone glowing red — gets at the gap Goldner says he built the app to address.
From Salon ● Aug. 14, 2026
"I'm trying not to make a big deal of it. Even though they don't eat it, I always put the broccoli on the plate so that they're seeing it."
From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026
Benedette Hardwick, the owner of the Red B Restaurant in Idabel, Okla., said the restaurant had temporarily stopped serving things like kale, parsley, green onion, raw broccoli, spinach and cilantro.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 18, 2026
"And his broccoli nose? And my dad's old boots?"
From "Case of the Sneaky Snowman: Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew, #5" by Carolyn Keene
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