lavender
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“Tamara makes lavender syrup and keeps it on hand so there are always spritzes by the pool this time of year,” he continued.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 13, 2026
She also totes lavender oil, a portable fan, a rosary and sour candies in a small bag she takes everywhere.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026
She later went from a figure-hugging sheer lavender Gucci gown to a playful daytime polka dot ensemble from Jacquemus matched with retro white sun glasses, with Elle magazine praising her "old Hollywood" dash.
From Barron's ● May 22, 2026
Other top spots for Eboni include Alton in Hampshire where she saw fields of lavender and Hastings where she visited a vineyard, Hever Castle and heritage funicular railway East and West Hill Lifts.
From BBC ● May 8, 2026
She smelled like lavender and I couldn’t help but notice how much she looked like Mama, with her hair curling around her face and her eyes crinkled up at the edges.
From "Wish" by Barbara O'Connor
Speaking to reporters afterwards, she explained her purple outfit was inspired by her love of lavenders and the calmness they bring.
From BBC ● Feb. 2, 2026
The right side, the pony, has a cooler palette of blues, whites, pinks and lavenders.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 11, 2018
Water-thrifty Mediterranean plants that attract beneficial insects, bees, butterflies and hummingbirds add to the mix including lavenders, Salvia microphylla “Hot Lips,” Kangaroo Paw and pincushion flowers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2016
Not surprisingly, perhaps, it’s the Californians and not the Mainers that throb with the most radiant colors: wheat yellows and shocking pinks, lurid reds and liquid lavenders.
From New York Times ● Jun. 2, 2014
She and William saw them at dusk, when “the sky was so very lovely, too, maroons, lavenders, blues.”
From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield
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