perennial
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Black moptop over a face lined like a well-traveled map, and a jacket with the collar turned up against the perennial winter of cinematic 1970s New York City.
From Salon ● Oct. 7, 2026
With the upheaval and restructuring in Welsh rugby, the perennial talking point of turning the Prem into an Anglo-Welsh league reared its head over the summer.
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026
All this gets at the heart of a perennial problem: To be an investor, you have to know the difference between investing and gambling.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
But as a junior, one of Luke’s best games came against Mount Carmel High out of Chicago, a perennial powerhouse in the state of Illinois.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026
Bobby always felt comfortable with both, and at one point when Regina was about to embark on one of her perennial long-term journeys, she suggested that Bobby live with the Collinses.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
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Some are shifting to Mediterranean plants, Bennellick said, "more grasses, more herbaceous perennials that can survive the drought conditions".
From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026
More than 250 varieties of plants, particularly grasses and perennials, are present here, arranged across seven gardens.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2025
This year's guest list was conspicuously missing screen stars or celebrity faces, with not even royal perennials like Sir David Beckham or Sir Elton John attending.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2025
Today, it’s a charismatic landscape with spaces for gathering, recreational activities, strolling pathways, and delightful gardens filled with flowering perennials and waving grasses.
From Seattle Times ● May 25, 2024
The air had died in the cypresses in the courtyard, in the pale trappings of the bedrooms, in the dripping archways of the garden of perennials.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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