fig

Example Sentences

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“This is just a fig leaf to deflect from criticism,” Ocasio-Cortez posted on X External link in response to Kalshi’s new measures.

From Barron's • Mar. 25, 2026

Outside, she grew bell peppers and squash and tended to the avocado and fig trees.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 17, 2025

Magda, the manager, helps me with a goat cheese, Mothais sur Feuille, wrapped in a fig leaf.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 10, 2025

A fig tree adorns the ceiling in the hallway and birds fly up the stairs along the walls.

From BBC • Dec. 5, 2025

Sinjin took in the sight of the man in the fig leaf trying to commune with the ergo chair.

From "Beauty Queens" by Libba Bray