apricot
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And they haven’t given up hope on finding a place for an apricot mallow to thrive.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2026
"Its taste and aroma are royal. The apricot is a wonder of wonders."
From Barron's ● Jul. 14, 2026
Unassuming from the outside, the shop opens into a huge ark of mortar-crusted brick and ribcage-like beams, with long dining tables displaying shapely vases, pitchers, teacups and plates in shades of apricot, amber and malachite.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 17, 2026
But the King seemed to enjoy some of the less usual beers on offer, including one with an apricot flavour.
From BBC ● Dec. 18, 2025
Meggie took another apricot from the basket and put it into his hand.
From "Inkheart" by Cornelia Funke
Cultivated for millennia, Armenia's famed apricots were known to ancient Romans as the "Armenian apple."
From Barron's ● Jul. 14, 2026
She added: "We're even growing peaches, apricots, and nectarines outside currently, something that would have been unthinkable in previous years due to the risk of late frosts and lack of early pollinators."
From BBC ● May 1, 2025
The dried apricots and figs should be quartered, and the apple diced to a similar size.
From Salon ● Dec. 5, 2024
But for long, long decades before, Santa Clara County was “the Valley of Heart’s Delight,” a bee-and-blossom Eden of fragrant fruit: cherries, apricots, and mostly plums for prunes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2024
Since Darin’s eyes were sharp as a cat’s, I was always the one stuck stealing apricots from the neighbors, or pouring cold water down the back of Nan’s shirt.
From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir
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