grain
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So, take his schedule with a grain of salt.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026
Oetzi and these Bronze Age salt miners ate more fibre and whole grain than modern-day people, Sarhan explained.
From Barron's • Jun. 3, 2026
There’s more than a grain of truth to that, but the cohort that really can’t stop themselves are Wall Street professionals.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026
A big harvest means large amounts of grain spilt in the paddocks during the processing of crops, leading to an easily accessible and much-loved food source for mice.
From BBC • May 30, 2026
Within days of hatching she had the whole brood coursing the yard looking for bugs or bits of grain that we threw to them.
From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen
Vocabulary lists containing grain
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Down on the Farm
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Common Five-letter Words for Wordle, List 5
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