garden
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When I’m futzing in the garden or hiking, I wear socks, pants and shirts permeated with the tick-killing insecticide permethrin.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2026
According to company lore, a retired Swiss triathlete and Ironman champion named Olivier Bernhard couldn’t find a running shoe that met his needs, so he made one himself with a garden hose, scissors and glue.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026
"I went to the repair shop in Wolvercote maybe a year or two ago and they repaired my garden blower - I thought this is a good idea," he said.
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026
Part of the plot in the 2001 movie Amelie involves the main character stealing her dad's garden gnome and sending it around the world.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
In the end, she went out to see her in the garden.
From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo
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Elsewhere around the county, traces of centuries-old gardens were found in Bishop's Palace in Wells, while relics of old structures were uncovered at Glastonbury Abbey due to the record-breaking summer temperatures.
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026
Drawings and plans produced at various stages hinted at rooftop gardens, private elevators, deluxe executive dining facilities and enough marble to make an ancient Greek architect blush.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
Real-estate developers, for instance, create HOAs to maintain common areas such as landscaped gardens or roads.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026
Like the groves and gardens, houses built foolhardily near the dry summertime river risked being pulled off their foundations and washed away by the winter torrents.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026
Once he got dressed, he followed the sounds of Glory’s and Llewelyn’s voices in the gardens behind the hotel.
From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova
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Both gardened, and she thinks the accident contributed to their illnesses.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
“My father built a cabin and gardened; we raised chickens and sheep. My mother was a schoolteacher who sewed all my clothes and dolls.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2026
“We gardened, we did workouts together outside,” she said.
From New York Times ● Oct. 14, 2022
She devoured the New Yorker and The Economist and gardened in her backyard, enjoying its sweeping Puget Sound view.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 9, 2022
This was the one she gardened and fished in, nibbled at the brim.
From "A Long Way from Chicago" by Richard Peck
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I’ve worked at a big-box store for 14 years, mostly in the gardening and lumber departments.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 2, 2026
"It's a bit odd they were here in the middle of the night," one local told AFP as she did some gardening in the nearby village of Kempsford.
From Barron's ● Sep. 29, 2026
The event is being held at The Hub at the station, which opened in May last year to help people in crisis, and activities include poetry performances, gardening workshops, art and music.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026
They said Walmart could venture into shorter video content involving things like home renovations and gardening, made in collaboration with suppliers.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 8, 2026
Her cargo shorts are frayed at the edges, and her gardening clogs smell like they’ve been doing exactly what they were made for.
From "Dumplin'" by Julie Murphy
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