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bud

[buhd] / bʌd /




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Hilton Worldwide Holdings appeared earlier this month to have nipped a similar public-relations crisis in the bud.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 23, 2026

A pilot scheme designed to identify and nip potential health problems in the bud has been launched by the Isle of Man's public health directorate.

From BBC • Jan. 19, 2026

This is why a lot of Jews want to nip that rhetoric in the bud.

From Slate • Dec. 19, 2025

When the bloom begins, it starts as a massive green bud and grows fast.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 21, 2025

The deep rumbling of discontent in our cities is indicative of the fact that the plant of freedom has grown only a bud and not yet a flower....

From "While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement" by Carolyn Maull McKinstry




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