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
"Bring me a day dress instead. The lavender one. No, the buttercup yellow with the ruffled sleeves."
From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton
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
At Los Padres National Forest along the Central California coast, swaths of California poppies, California buttercups, purple shooting stars and goldfields fill the slopes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 8, 2024
Before long it bloomed with poppies, buttercups and Queen Anne's lace.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 1, 2023
Before him, riverbank lupine, western buttercups and dozens of other native plants were providing habitat and food for various bees, butterflies, grasshoppers, songbirds and even an owl.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 9, 2022
It passes by fields of flowers: red poppies, blue and yellow wildflowers, buttercups, oeillets, wild roses, and sunflowers, Vincent’s favorite.
From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman
