hoary
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On Monday he resurrected the hoary idea of suspending the 18.4-cent-a-gallon federal excise tax on gas.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2026
But sometime over this last winter — that numbing, hoary stretch between mid-February and March — I decided this might be the year to reclaim a bit of seasonal delight.
From Salon • Oct. 7, 2025
Some take comfort in hoary comic patterns, souped-up eccentricity and reassuring pieties.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 28, 2025
These field exposure estimates informed subsequent studies on the impact of such exposure on hibernating bumble bee queens and the hoary squash bee, a solitary ground-nesting species.
From Science Daily • Nov. 18, 2024
He lifted his heavy eyes and saw leaning over him a huge willow-tree, old and hoary.
From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien
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