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Officials became convinced by the Food and Drug Administration’s findings and gave the agency the green light to make them public.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
However, Lacroix gave the move the green light last week after France's World Cup campaign ended with a fourth-place finish following defeat by England in the bronze-medal match.
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026
KKR KKR 2.06%increase; green up pointing triangle on Thursday reported record earnings for the second quarter driven by a bumper crop of company sales from its private-equity funds.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
It gave the green light in late June after some modifications were made.
From Barron's ● Jul. 29, 2026
Families have filled up the green picnic tables, and they nod or raise a hand in greeting.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
Restaurants aren’t the only place where Americans are avoiding leafy greens.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 30, 2026
The sauces settle into the meat and greens.
From Salon ● Jul. 30, 2026
One reason that makes it so challenging is that there is still no confirmed source, leaving Americans confused about whether to eat any leafy greens or herbs.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 30, 2026
In his second round alone, he missed seven birdie putts from 15 feet or less - four inside 10 feet - and was ranked 60th in the field on the greens.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
She stopped only once to get up and add the ham hocks to the collard greens, and then their aroma took over the house.
From "March Forward, Girl" by Melba Pattillo Beals
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
We can at least keep air in the realm of absurdity by fighting for a greener future, which we can still see ahead, even through the smoke.
From Salon ● Jul. 19, 2026
You know the story: The pool got greener and greener.
From Slate ● Jun. 27, 2026
Emma Pinchbeck, CEO of the Climate Change Committee, praised the improvement in greener transport.
From BBC ● Jun. 23, 2026
She walked with me to Mrs. Windermere’s, and I’m not lying, everything was even greener than it had been in town when I was making deliveries earlier that morning.
From "Okay for Now" by Gary D. Schmidt
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
We had flown to Kumasi to visit the Department of Painting and Sculpture at KNUST, an expansive campus in the west of the city and probably the greenest university I have ever seen.
From New York Times ● Feb. 5, 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
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
A 2018 study on cleaning-and-greening vacant lots in neighborhoods with residents living below the poverty line found a 29 percent reduction in gun violence around lots that were greened with trees compared to vacant lots.
From National Geographic ● Oct. 9, 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
At Fort Young, restorations have strengthened and greened the property, and eco-certification efforts began in earnest this year.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 15, 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
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
Her priorities have included early education expansion, school greening improvements, literacy through phonics training, protecting immigrant students and focusing more budget resources on the highest-need schools.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 30, 2026
But it wasn’t greening that had caused this collapse.
From Slate ● Apr. 20, 2026
However the pumpkins got there, it was an uplifting sight, as was the greening of the mountains and foothills just up the way.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 17, 2025
Every May brings Atomic Bomb Awareness Month to Camillo Junior High, right after the greening grass and the yellowing forsythia.
From "The Wednesday Wars" by Gary D. Schmidt
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