mushroom
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With the decline of logging and cannabis as livelihoods, they see income from tourists attracted by ultramarathons, mushroom foraging and other outdoor activities as a financial savior.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
Benjamin’s research trips for the book took her to a sheep farm and an all-women’s mushroom conference.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
One slightly stranger favorite is ground beef mixed with minced mushrooms and a little mushroom gravy powder, which can become an excellent head start on stew, meatballs, meatloaf or cottage pie.
From Salon ● Aug. 25, 2026
Lawyers for Australian mushroom murderer Erin Patterson say her conviction was undermined by a "catastrophic" mix-up that led to the jury staying at the same hotel as prosecutors and a key witness.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
The girl’s spirit shimmered above her, connected to her body by a dozen delicate white tethers, like the whiskery roots of a mushroom.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
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Foragers risk getting fined or prosecuted for picking the mushrooms, but they can also be poisonous if eaten.
From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2026
It carries enough bright acid to pair with grilled meats and creamy pasta sauces, enough earthiness to complement mushrooms and truffles and a savoriness that plays well with roasted veggies and herb-heavy dishes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026
Spermidine is produced naturally by human cells and is also present in foods including wheat germ, mushrooms, parmesan, and cheddar.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 21, 2026
Unless cooked, vegetables such as green peppers, green onions, tomatoes and mushrooms were also off-limits.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 18, 2026
He pointed to a patch of fading mushrooms that looked as if they’d dropped their color on the ground like a cloak.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
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Cofnas’s case soon mushroomed into a test of free speech at Cambridge, with academics publicly urging Cambridge to either terminate Cofnas or keep him on at all costs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
Military helicopters backed by tractors on the ground hauled water Sunday to help firefighters tame Belgium's largest modern-day wildfire, which mushroomed in size since breaking out two days earlier in a hard-to-access nature reserve.
From Barron's ● Aug. 16, 2026
That all changed as the Premier League's global appeal mushroomed.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
Since last fall, when Kakaiya began selling the model, clinician interest has mushroomed.
From Slate ● Jun. 7, 2026
There were camphor trees and teaks and African cedars and red stinkwood trees, and here and there a dark green cloud of leaves mushroomed above the forest canopy.
From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston
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New data centres -- warehouse-like facilities that store online files and power AI tools from chatbots to image generators -- are mushrooming worldwide, and the sector is growing particularly fast in Asia.
From Barron's ● Feb. 26, 2026
Drug deductibles—the amount you pay up front before coverage kicks in—are mushrooming for many.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2025
And they’re not new, although they do seem to be mushrooming.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2025
But experts say such strikes will need to be consistent to hunt down existing IS cells in Somalia and stop others mushrooming.
From BBC ● Feb. 6, 2025
“Sometimes I dream lightning strikes. Or earthquakes. Sometimes it’s dark clouds mushrooming in the sky. I wake troubled.”
From "Ghost Boys" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
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