beanstalk
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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
The “Into The Woods” Giant is the vengeful widow of the giant who Jack killed after climbing the beanstalk.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 28, 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
Snaking down the frozen expanse as if suspended from heaven, a single strand of nine-millimeter rope beckoned like Jack’s beanstalk.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
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
On other nearby farms, shriveled beanstalks and rotted cabbage heads bob in the dank water, buzzing with flies.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 1, 2021
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
