bud
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The conservatory posted that it might be a bud, meaning a flowering could come soon.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
It was nipped in the bud by the court, which weighed in to uphold a lower court's ruling.
From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2026
With each instructive and poetic chapter, she shows us how time used to be measured by birdsong and flower bud, the color of twilight and the wide wheel of stars.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026
This is why a lot of Jews want to nip that rhetoric in the bud.
From Slate ● Dec. 19, 2025
“Things blossom in their time. They bud and bloom, blossom and fade. Everything in its time.”
From "The Graveyard Book" by Neil Gaiman
When they hatch, the leaves they depend on are still sealed inside buds, leaving them with nothing to eat.
From Science Daily ● May 5, 2026
Now a must-have iPhone accessory, the development of the first generation was infamous inside Apple for infighting among Ternus’s peers as they argued over how to keep the wireless ear buds connected via Bluetooth.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 21, 2026
Liv and Alina Valdez, dressed up as fan favourite buds Steve Harrington and Dustin Henderson, and said they couldn't have been more pleased with how it all ended.
From BBC ● Jan. 1, 2026
While most plants only had one flower with many buds yet to open up, some were in full bloom with the sweet fragrant scent only the lily can provide.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 30, 2025
“The only thing keeping my taste buds alive is that tomorrow is Friday.”
From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan
“If your hemagglutinin is too sticky and your neuraminidase is too poor, you get stuck to the cell that you’ve just budded from,” Peacock says.
From Science Magazine ● Dec. 5, 2024
There are also “nine or so grafts and budded plants” Chris Trimmer who runs the site explains.
From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2024
Evans said WA 64 was first budded in 2001 after being crossbred in 1998.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 25, 2023
It had a Michigan secret receiver who budded to star.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 30, 2021
Everything was richly green: the color of newly budded leaves, of luminescent moss, of every possible shade of pine needle.
From "Huntress" by Malinda Lo
Qualcomm is still priced as a smartphone and wireless-technology company with budding aspirations in other segments.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 25, 2026
“Teenagers get to test their budding independence,” she writes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 24, 2026
Congrats to the Lakers for turning a homegrown talent into a budding superstar.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 2026
He won a scholarship to Sheffield Grammar School before going to the University of Hull to read economics, following a friend's suggestion that it was an essential subject for any budding politician.
From BBC ● Jun. 14, 2026
But now Jermaine’s face was glowing too, the blocks turning from brown to glowing red and then growing out of a brick wall, like flowers budding in fast motion.
From "The Stars Beneath Our Feet" by David Barclay Moore
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