olive
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On Saturday, it will be 45 days since an olive ridley sea turtle crawled out of the surf and deposited a clutch of eggs near the Surfside community in Seal Beach.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026
Several other attacks on Palestinians during the annual olive harvest have also been reported in the run-up to the elections.
From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2026
Meanwhile, olive oil consumption and eating fewer refined carbohydrates were associated with higher levels of SHMOOSE.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 25, 2026
Veteran journalist Hazem Bader had been planning to cover the Palestinians' olive harvest, a flashpoint for tensions in the Israeli-occupied territory.
From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026
"I like an olive in a Martini," I said to the barman.
From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway
For appetizers, I also love putting out potato chips, olives, slices of salami and cucumbers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2026
He was attacked as he joined the harvest as a symbolic gesture with Palestinians, for whom olives are an important cultural symbol.
From Barron's ● Oct. 17, 2026
Some begin swiftly wrapping up the olives to leave.
From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026
When the 2023 flood came, his crew scrambled to set up about 30 diesel pumps and sent water flowing onto a vineyard and orchards of almonds, pistachios and olives.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 26, 2026
Each evening he appeared in ensembles of plums, olives, and chocolate browns.
From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri
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