bud
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The conservatory posted that it might be a bud, meaning a flowering could come soon.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 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
"If we can nip it in the bud from even one person, then hopefully we could stop them potentially doing more harm to other people."
From BBC ● Dec. 4, 2025
The round whitish-brown bud seemed to wilt as he lifted it, but that was just how they always looked.
From "The Season of Styx Malone" by Kekla Magoon
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
I’d say it depends on the dish — and leave the rest to your personal taste buds.
From Salon ● Jan. 5, 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
From our experience, the improved buds can block the sound of rowdy restaurants, rumbling buses—and attention-seeking spouses and children.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 23, 2025
My gown was a spring green embroidered with leaves of darker green and plump yellow buds.
From "Ella Enchanted" by Gail Carson Levine
“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
Evans said WA 64 was first budded in 2001 after being crossbred in 1998.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 25, 2023
It had a Michigan secret receiver who budded to star.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 30, 2021
They were peach trees, budded most delicately pink, and willow trees thrusting forth tender green leaves.
From "The Good Earth" by Pearl S. Buck
Inside, we perfected our power snap—the subtle whipping motion at the end of the cast—with severed rod handles, looking more like budding wizards than fishermen.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 5, 2026
Hiring slowed sharply in June even as the unemployment rate fell, curbing some of the budding momentum in job growth this year.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 4, 2026
Qualcomm is still priced as a smartphone and wireless-technology company with budding aspirations in other segments.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 25, 2026
“Teenagers get to test their budding independence,” she writes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 24, 2026
Cold fog hangs in the budding trees, and Werner sits in the back of the truck and shivers.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
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