bud
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With each instructive and poetic chapter, she shows us how time used to be measured by birdsong and flower bud, the color of twilight and the wide wheel of stars.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 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
It is understood consideration was given to the prospect of making an unlikely move for Eddie Howe, but Newcastle's qualification for the Champions League would, you imagine, nip that in the bud.
From BBC • Jun. 6, 2025
The flower garden, as always, was thriving and well tended, with late roses in bloom and fall asters fat with bud.
From "Messenger" by Lois Lowry
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