hickory
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I like their sandwiches, or the hickory burger with cheese, and there’s good French fries.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 20, 2026
And Joq is genuinely fascinated by the way hickory smoke mellows and rounds out a pungent blue cheese.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 4, 2025
The kitchen also follows the same aesthetic as the rest of the home and is adorned in wood cabinetry, a wooden island, and hand-hewn hickory flooring.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 26, 2025
Customers are increasingly being lured by brands like TimberTech, which dispense with wood altogether in favor of polyvinyl chloride patterned to resemble mahogany, teak, or hickory.
From Barron's ● Nov. 7, 2025
Sam and Alice were sitting around a small fire, cracking hickory nuts and putting the meats in clay tureens for the winter.
From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
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On big old oaks or hickories, the resulting branch flagging is unsightly, but it’s a temporary eyesore that the tree will outgrow.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 15, 2020
He says certain trees like scarlet oaks and hickories have potential for colorful displays if they get rain in early October.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 1, 2019
Surrounded by tall hickories, ash and oak, it is mostly covered in shade, a condition not ideal for grass.
From Seattle Times ● May 2, 2019
More southern — and less colorful — species like oaks and hickories may march north, eventually replacing the maples and other exhibitionists.
From New York Times ● Nov. 2, 2016
They were like white bouquets God had stuck in the stands of ancient oaks and hickories, glistening green in their own new growth.
From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam
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