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The council has acknowledged it was "unreasonable" to erect the original green fence at the heart of the dispute, adding it had "apologised for any distress caused".
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026
Crisp, with notes of green apple and ripe pear and a kiss of pepper and herbs, it pairs with everything from seafood to salad to schnitzel.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026
One of the largest media mergers in history has been given the green light after California and 11 other states settled lawsuits Monday.
From Salon ● Sep. 21, 2026
His cramped work space, about 90 feet from the field, has enough room for two green vinyl chairs, though Araujo prefers to stand when he’s working.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 2026
Dozens of green papers, each printed with the number 100 in the corners, drifted down around them.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
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The Englishwoman still could not buy a birdie putt on the slow greens but she never gave her opponent a sniff.
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026
When she learned a colleague could not tell the reds from the greens in a presentation, she stepped in with a colorblind-friendly palette.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026
Nitrate is found naturally in many vegetables, especially beetroot and leafy greens such as spinach, rocket, and lettuce.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 24, 2026
The company also supplies private-label and store-brand packaged salad greens and kits for numerous major retailers from Whole Foods to Kroger to Aldi.
From Salon ● Aug. 14, 2026
The calico slipped out of its knot; I pushed back the layers of muslin and uncovered a rainbow of patches—ticking and shirt cloth, gingham and calico, in faded blues and greens and yellows.
From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson
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No matter how many commitments data-center operators make to safer, quieter, greener innovations, recent history has convinced many communities not to trust any of them.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
"Being a woman, I do have that bit of emotional attachment as well to the fact that I would like to see greener spaces and stronger communities."
From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2026
But that focus on greener pastures is as persistent as the apparent blood feud between Texas and Tennessee.
From Salon ● Aug. 3, 2026
Programs that encourage employees or customers to adopt greener habits do not appear to weaken support for broader climate action.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 25, 2026
The leaves were all thicker and greener about the edges of the glade, enclosing it with an almost solid wall.
From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien
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It ranges from the greenest to the dirtiest, from established technologies to speculative ones, and even includes companies that play tangential roles in the sector.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 24, 2025
In 2007, architect Carl Elefante expressed an idea that has since become a common provocation in the world of architecture: The greenest building is one that’s already built.
From Slate ● Jun. 3, 2025
Despite the greenest possible light, at least one of his 93 NBA field-goal attempts have had to cross Knecht’s “crazy or something like that” threshold, right?
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 17, 2024
A code, which if cracked, could make the country one of the greenest producers of the metal.
From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2024
“The color brings out your eyes. Not that they need it. They’re the greenest thing I’ve seen today. Like a piece of spring.”
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
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Trees with access to shallow water tables "greened up" during drought, the researchers found, while trees over deeper water tables experienced more foliage browning and tree death.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 19, 2024
Some research has found that greening projects are contagious: Neighbors of greened lots start taking better care of their own yards.
From National Geographic ● Dec. 14, 2023
And all the snowmelt has brilliantly greened what’s often a dry, brown tinder box by this time of year.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2023
In a randomized controlled trial, our team found that people living near newly greened spaces reported feeling less depressed than those who did not.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 9, 2021
Week after week, I returned to Iowa, watching through the plane window as the seasons changed, as the earth slowly greened and the soybean and corn crops grew in ruler-straight lines.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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The other puts a harmless virus into trees to help them resist the citrus greening.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026
All of these took a toll on the industry, but none of them proved as ruinous as citrus greening, a disease that clogs trees’ vascular systems, choking off water and nutrients.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026
Similar greening projects are planned or underway at several other schools across Westlake, Koreatown and Pico Union, according to LAUSD.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026
So experts said countries across the region should further insulate energy systems against more frequent disruptive weather events by diversifying and greening their grids.
From Barron's ● May 5, 2026
Outside, where there should have been a long, windowless hall with dark green numbered doors leading into other apartments, there was a greening field and a lowering sky.
From "The Devil's Arithmetic" by Jane Yolen
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