buttercup
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They have bucked up, buttercup, and look at them now.
From Slate ● Apr. 3, 2026
Well, buckle up, buttercup, because here you’ll find an assortment of day hikes and weekend camping ideas that will have you filing for vacation before you realize you’re typing an email to your boss.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 29, 2025
Dot, who’s called a “tiger” by a formidable foe, is a tiny woman with a cheerful smile and a reassuring voice who favors buttercup yellow and thrift store fashion.
From Salon ● Dec. 6, 2023
The color of this silk rug coincides with the 55-pound buttercup yellow gown with a forever train that Guo designed for Rihanna to wear at the 2015 Met Gala.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 12, 2022
Sean took off his fly, tied on a plain hook, picked a buttercup and stuck it on the hook, cast, and caught a fish.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
In the city surrounded by fields of buttercups, collapsed buildings and gutted shops follow one another, from bakeries to florists.
From Barron's ● Apr. 21, 2026
Before long it bloomed with poppies, buttercups and Queen Anne's lace.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 1, 2023
The rest of the lawn is a mix of daisies, buttercups, clover, grass and another flower I don’t know the name of.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 17, 2022
The road ran like a twisty runnel through fuchsia hedges and bright fields of buttercups and cow parsley, up to a pass among the 3,000-foot Slieve Mish mountains.
From New York Times ● Aug. 12, 2019
They looked just like buttercups now she was close, only bigger, with the same bright shine on their petals.
From "Miracles on Maple Hill" by Virginia Sorensen
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