bud
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Weintraub’s being so gracious, and Wiatt’s apparently my best bud.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
From there it opens up, like a flower bud warming to summer, with acoustic guitar strumming, a gentle rhythm section and a gospel choir echoing with otherworldly lightness.
From Salon ● Aug. 29, 2026
It was nipped in the bud by the court, which weighed in to uphold a lower court's ruling.
From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2026
This is why a lot of Jews want to nip that rhetoric in the bud.
From Slate ● Dec. 19, 2025
The leaves get smaller and yellower, folding back toward the bud, and the air crisps.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
When they hatch, the leaves they depend on are still sealed inside buds, leaving them with nothing to eat.
From Science Daily ● May 5, 2026
The fog acts as a canopy, blocking winter sun from warming the buds prematurely and keeping valley temperatures in that critical range.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 29, 2026
Liv and Alina Valdez, dressed up as fan favourite buds Steve Harrington and Dustin Henderson, and said they couldn't have been more pleased with how it all ended.
From BBC ● Jan. 1, 2026
While most plants only had one flower with many buds yet to open up, some were in full bloom with the sweet fragrant scent only the lily can provide.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 30, 2025
Finally Jacob revealed what he had been searching for this time: foxglove buds, small and round like purple fists.
From "The Inquisitor's Tale" by Adam Gidwitz
Researchers also observed the archaeon producing chains of budded vesicles along with elaborate tube-like structures.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 3, 2026
“If your hemagglutinin is too sticky and your neuraminidase is too poor, you get stuck to the cell that you’ve just budded from,” Peacock says.
From Science Magazine ● Dec. 5, 2024
There are also “nine or so grafts and budded plants” Chris Trimmer who runs the site explains.
From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2024
This year, skip budded or blooming plants; give the gardener on your list a chubby bulb, and let them cultivate those impressive stalks crowned with showy trumpet blossoms.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 25, 2023
Closing Sohrab’s door, I wondered if that was how forgiveness budded, not with the fanfare of epiphany, but with pain gathering its things, packing up, and slipping away unannounced in the middle of the night.
From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini
Going on hiatus to serve in the military is often a threat for budding careers in South Korea's fast-moving entertainment industry.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
The Clippers were so desperate for a star to pick them, they didn’t pick up on the fact that they already had a budding superstar in their midst.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026
In Lee Chang-dong’s ‘Possible Love,’ a budding connection stumbles over the class divide.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2026
For George, it's been quite the experience, and he has some advice for other budding archaeologists.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
Not much there for the budding writer either.
From "Bad Boy" by Walter Dean Myers
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