perennial
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It hurt because it made him seem like a perennial candidate and reinforced Graham’s attacks on the five-term congressman as a career politician.
From Slate ● Aug. 26, 2026
The classic lineup featuring Meadowlark Lemon and Hubert “Geese” Ausbie had tried and failed to beat their perennial foils: the Washington Generals, playing that night as the New Jersey Reds.
From Salon ● Aug. 19, 2026
There have been many changes in America’s political system in the last decade or so, but some things are perennial.
From Salon ● Aug. 11, 2026
But even maps couldn’t solve a perennial annoyance: The oyster beds would vanish.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
I dared not sleep with my clothes on because George had become a perennial bedwetter.
From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane
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
He has had a decent start to the season with Lancashire but has still been putting in the hours amid the perennials.
From BBC ● May 27, 2025
Parts of the garden are sloped, like a raked stage where mossy groundcovers and harmonious compositions of shade- and sun-loving perennials perform.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 1, 2024
Plants that do this are called perennials because they come back year after year.
From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan
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