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beanstalk

[been-stawk] / ˈbinˌstɔk /










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The beans grow a massive beanstalk up into the clouds, and the pair go on an exciting, slapstick-filled mission.

From Washington Times ● Aug. 2, 2022

There was no easy explanation for this blossoming beanstalk.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2021

Healthy fodder for cows and goats, nitrate fixer for the soil, a grape-scented shade for the veranda—what wasn’t to like about the South’s own jack in the beanstalk?

From Slate ● Aug. 28, 2021

A giant beanstalk that penetrated a cloud-patterned sky-blue ceiling at Louis Vuitton’s exhibition caused VIPs — including model Bella Hadid and actors Daniel Kaluuya and Ashton Sanders — marvel.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 16, 2020

May shouted in excitement, then took a running leap onto the beanstalk as well, landing much more gracefully than Jack had.

From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley

Set against a backdrop of vines and beanstalks, a model even took to the runway holding a book of fairy tales once owned by Coco Chanel.

From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2026

The Rodong report described flooded fields, damaged rice and toppled corn and beanstalks in South Hwanghae, as well as ruined crops in nearby North Hwanghae province.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 27, 2020

Glenn Goldberg’s new paintings call to mind all sorts of things, including dogs and rubber duckies, as well as beanstalks and rainbows, stars and gingerbread men.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2016

No beanstalks peek out from the camp’s sun-baked soil, and I ask where they grow their food.

From The Guardian ● May 12, 2016

Public indignation was intense; thousands marched the streets in protest; the unions grew like beanstalks.

From The Great Steel Strike and its Lessons by William Z. Foster


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