nettle
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Health and Social Care Secretary Wes Streeting is promising "to finally grasp the nettle on social care reform", with an independent commission due to begin work in April.
From BBC • Jan. 2, 2025
In “Chími Nu’am: Native California Foodways for the Contemporary Kitchen,” Olson shares dishes like elk chili beans, nettle tortillas, blackberry-braised smoked salmon and nearly a dozen recipes featuring acorns.
From Salon • Oct. 14, 2024
Or should it grasp the special administration nettle earlier?
From BBC • Jul. 16, 2024
A: The scientific name for stinging nettle is Urtica dioica.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 27, 2023
Kvasir took the remaining nettle twine and the piece of spacing wood.
From "Norse Mythology" by Neil Gaiman
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