buttercup
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They have bucked up, buttercup, and look at them now.
From Slate ● Apr. 3, 2026
Well, buckle up, buttercup, because here you’ll find an assortment of day hikes and weekend camping ideas that will have you filing for vacation before you realize you’re typing an email to your boss.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 29, 2025
The color of this silk rug coincides with the 55-pound buttercup yellow gown with a forever train that Guo designed for Rihanna to wear at the 2015 Met Gala.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 12, 2022
A moth, Micropterix calthella, covered in golden balls of pollen from a creeping buttercup flower found in Mutter's Moor, near Sidmouth, Devon.
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2022
Sean took off his fly, tied on a plain hook, picked a buttercup and stuck it on the hook, cast, and caught a fish.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
In the city surrounded by fields of buttercups, collapsed buildings and gutted shops follow one another, from bakeries to florists.
From Barron's ● Apr. 21, 2026
Before long it bloomed with poppies, buttercups and Queen Anne's lace.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 1, 2023
The flowers are also known as Persian buttercups.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 25, 2022
The rest of the lawn is a mix of daisies, buttercups, clover, grass and another flower I don’t know the name of.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 17, 2022
She lived in the best field in the whole district—a large one full of buttercups the size of saucers and dandelions rather larger than brooms.
From "Mary Poppins" by P. L. Travers
