bud
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But as Te Haumihiata Mason, a translator working in Māori, points out to Mr. Hahn, in New Zealand few plants bud in May, so an inelastic approach here risks puzzling the audience.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 22, 2026
Had a military coup been nipped in the bud?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 26, 2026
This is why a lot of Jews want to nip that rhetoric in the bud.
From Slate ● Dec. 19, 2025
Years later, when it appeared their feud might be heating up again, the two NBA greats took to social media to nip that notion in the bud.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2025
He took Ignatius over to the mantelpiece and showed him a bud vase containing one red, one white, and one blue rose.
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
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
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
The buds also have a slightly different fit from AirPods past, with a smaller body and stiffer tips that Apple claims fit more ears.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 23, 2025
And their growth to me was constant wonder—from the time the seed split and the first green shoots broke through, to the time when the young buds and fruit began to form.
From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya
“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
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
Crocuses have budded in sunnier parts of the yard.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 14, 2023
Species responded to warmer temperatures in different ways - most kept their leaf colour longer into Autumn but some budded early.
From BBC ● Mar. 27, 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
Live TV could be a shot in the arm for Netflix’s budding ad business, which has gained substantial momentum and generated about $1.5 billion last year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
Qualcomm is still priced as a smartphone and wireless-technology company with budding aspirations in other segments.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 25, 2026
Can he allow them to peer into a future anchored by budding superstar Cooper Flagg without constantly checking the rearview mirror?
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 23, 2026
Far from being a budding economist, the young Greenspan was a talented musician, who studied the clarinet at New York's renowned Julliard School of Music.
From BBC ● Jun. 22, 2026
The budding sky made her want to dance and skip down the halls before they entered the main yard.
From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas
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