grasshopper
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Bernard Suits, a philosopher who focused on sports, disagreed, and he drew on Aesop’s fable of the ant and the grasshopper in his inventive rebuttal.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 11, 2026
Other species to have been named after the broadcaster in the past include a wildflower, butterfly, grasshopper, dinosaur and ghost shrimp.
From BBC ● May 7, 2026
Their farms regularly suffer severe losses from Senegalese grasshopper swarms.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 24, 2026
Whether you are a grasshopper or a bird or a human, if you start destroying the environment in which you live, then you are overpopulated.
From Salon ● Nov. 30, 2024
Mr. Lemoncello bounced across the stage like a happy grasshopper.
From "Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library" by Chris Grabenstein
“The Aztec culture pervades Mexico City’s daily life today in a thousand subtle ways,” Romero says, passing me a bowl of roasted grasshoppers, a crunchy pre-Hispanic snack.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
The approved list includes grasshoppers, locusts and two-spotted crickets, among others.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
Among the more poignant moments, Charles laments the loss of wildlife at Highgrove, noting when he first moved in there nearly five decades ago he would hear cuckoos and see grasshoppers.
From Barron's ● Jan. 28, 2026
"The study gave them a better understanding of grasshoppers and locusts, as well as a practical way to control them at the local level."
From Science Daily ● Jan. 24, 2026
“Look, Cal, look! The grasshoppers are leaving!” he shouted.
From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney
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