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A decade later, now a professional camera operator, he found himself in a sunny field in Greenford, filming close up shots of Sir David releasing harvest mice on to a grass frond.

From BBC ● Jan. 19, 2026

This means each frond is a major investment of resources that the plant repurposes after the leaf dies.

From Science Daily ● Jan. 29, 2024

I didn’t see it, but somebody told me Jim Cantore did get hit with a palm frond during part of his coverage.

From Slate ● Sep. 30, 2022

Palm fronds can tear away and tumble toward pedestrians below; in the best-case scenario, when the frond doesn’t hit anyone or a car, it becomes litter.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 3, 2021

Everything looked the same: the narrow cot, the colorful picture of Jesus’ bleeding head crowned with thorns, a palm frond nailed above it, the simple table and chair.

From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago

At one point father and baby ate grass together, the big grass fronds flickering around their heads as they chomped.

From Slate ● May 27, 2026

It looks like charcoal, but the black briquettes are actually made from plant waste: millet and sesame stalks, palm fronds and cobs.

From Barron's ● Apr. 24, 2026

Mourners have been carrying branches and palm fronds, a symbol of mourning and grief among the Luo ethnic group to which Odinga belonged.

From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2025

Add fennel, shallot, a touch of honey, bright lemon and a blend of tarragon and fennel fronds, and it becomes the perfect Greek-Italian mash-up to welcome spring.

From Salon ● Apr. 12, 2025

There they saw ferns with leaves instead of fronds, ferns that loved the sun, ferns that lacked sporangia altogether, and other bizarre flukes of nature.

From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood