flower
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Harebell, wild thyme and mountain pansy flower colourfully in summer months, with salmon and under-threat eels spotted in the rivers.
From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026
The sea aster mining bee has a particular taste in flowers and relies on the sea aster, a pink and yellow flower that blooms on coastal marshes, as summer moves into autumn.
From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2026
His later pursuits included work in children’s theater education and men’s fashion and owning a West Hollywood flower shop.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026
One possible explanation involves changes in flower nectar production.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 22, 2026
“That’s our motto for the start of this year. Friends are flowers in the garden of life. Let’s plant an imaginary friendship flower bed together, here in our classroom!”
From "Invisible Inkling" by Emily Jenkins
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Meghan was presented with flowers and a balloon during the visit.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 12, 2026
The turnaround comes after six years of volatile demand for the space used to store goods that range from meat and seafood to fresh flowers and pharmaceuticals.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026
In Yopougon, stores offer coffins, funeral clothing, artificial flowers, headstones, jewellery and scents for perfuming the dead.
From Barron's ● Nov. 4, 2026
You may have seen them passed around at the playground or park — tiny, candy-colored stickers, often bearing bright cartoony faces, hearts or flowers, meant to repel mosquitoes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2026
With the snow gone, early signs of spring were all around us by now, the trees budding, the meadows and hedgerows dotted with flowers.
From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo
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A veil rested on their heads, held by a satin flowered headband.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 27, 2026
The RHS, in partnership with the conservation charity Plant Heritage, are also looking for two other rare daffodils - the white double flowered 'Mrs William Copeland' and orange and yellow double flower 'Sussex Bonfire'.
From BBC ● Mar. 5, 2026
Each generation of banana plants had to grow for at least 12 months before researchers could test them for disease resistance and continue breeding once they flowered.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 19, 2026
“She didn’t even meet me. She just said, ‘Go inside and pick roses that match my interiors,’ and it was easy because everything was pink and flowered.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 19, 2025
The clothes were a damp mass in the washer, but it was easy to feel out the silk pieces—Bitter’s pajamas, a flowered robe, a charcoal slip dress.
From "Pet" by Akwaeke Emezi
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In recent years, a rise in tourism, a culinary flowering and a change in local tastes and habits have transformed the heart of Hungary’s capital.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026
Persistent heat or inadequate rainfall during coffee’s flowering period and its subsequent development might threaten production, said Jim Roemer, a commodity trading advisor who writes the Weather Wealth newsletter.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 21, 2026
Younger students have been using the outdoor classroom areas to talk and play games, while others have been watching figeater beetles and butterflies visit flowering trees.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026
That connection appears to restrict how freely the plants can adapt, with selection for larger flowers taking precedence over the potential benefit of earlier flowering.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 4, 2026
The very small living room incredibly contained—aside from things to sit on—an organ, a piano, a garden of flowering flowerpots, and usually a darting little dog and a large, drowsy cat.
From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote
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