flower
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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
WSJ: Lego flower bouquets and trees are among the company’s most popular sets.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2026
That’s why the movie ends with a little flower blooming in a dried tree.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026
Tucked away at the edge of the low street, it was marked only by a single flower on the door.
From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton
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Youth activist Murooj Al-Nuwaysa, wearing a pink hijab, said she came with about 25 young men and women, carrying a bouquet of flowers with a card reading, "Our loss is one".
From Barron's ● Oct. 25, 2026
A neighbor’s flowers are blooming, and on Knight’s property, survivor trees include pomegranate, sapote, finger lime, orange and banana.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2026
The honey bees did not simply reach flowers before their competitors.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 22, 2026
Lately I’ve also been lining glass vases with cabbage leaves before adding flowers.
From Salon ● Oct. 20, 2026
Mietje delivered the bread that Betsie baked for Nollie each morning, and the blue sweater Nollie asked for, her favorite, with flowers embroidered over the pocket.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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A veil rested on their heads, held by a satin flowered headband.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 27, 2026
Glass vases with metallic finishes of unnatural blue, green and gold are drowned in palm leaf motifs, ready to be flowered.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 6, 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
In just two minutes, the movie had delivered everything it promised: a snorting monkey, a sucker in a flowered shirt, a shot of an ominous tire swing and a closeup of a peeled cheekbone.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 9, 2026
I hear gravel crunching under tires, car doors slamming, and next thing I know I’m surrounded by doughy flesh, flowered prints, and gloved hands.
From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen
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Both attract large numbers of insects during their flowering periods, making them useful places to investigate competition for food.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 22, 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
The abrasive texture of shark skin repels barnacles and has inspired antimicrobial surface coatings for hospitals; the seeds of a flowering plant offer clues to the designers of probes destined for other worlds.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
Minli nodded and waved goodbye until the flowering trees looked like brush strokes of golden paint on the mountain.
From "Where the Mountain Meets the Moon" by Grace Lin
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Plants (Botany) - Introduction
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