picnic
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At the Shuck Station, I joined the evening crowd dining at its outdoor picnic tables.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 2026
LOUISVILLE, Ky.—Each summer, the heirs to one of America’s biggest liquor fortunes gather in the heart of bourbon country for a family picnic.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026
On Saturday, a man in his 60s suffered chest injuries after being attacked by a stag in Richmond Park when it approached his picnic group.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
Jimmy O'Keeffe - who took the footage - says he was "shocked and in total disbelief" as his picnic was disturbed.
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026
The stagecoach rumbled off, and the four of them stood and gazed upon the verdant meadows of the valley of Heathcote, now spread before them like a lush green blanket laid out for a picnic.
From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood
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That same year, Rosales moved back to L.A. and began organizing lowrider picnics at Legg Lake in Whittier Narrows Recreation Area in South El Monte.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
"Because it's a place for people, for picnics, for livestock to graze," he told AFP, giving only his first name for security reasons.
From Barron's ● Aug. 9, 2026
Emma adds to the fun by taking her kids fruit picking and also by letting them choose at the supermarket, then having tasty picnics in the garden.
From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026
Inflation is upending even casual dating, as Gen Z swaps dinners and $20 cocktails for picnics, walks and coffee runs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 2026
“Well, he started bringing tiffins, and we would have little picnics of samosas and chaat and pakoras with mango juice in glass bottles.”
From "Love, Hate & Other Filters" by Samira Ahmed
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Olivia Rodrigo picnicked in the park with one.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 8, 2026
Young women and men picnicked side by side on the pavement, chanting: “Woman! Life! Freedom!”
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 27, 2022
Streets of identical high-rise apartments were interspersed with parks and wide, tree-lined streets, while residents picnicked beside the Siverskyi Donets river and in forests nearby.
From Reuters ● May 30, 2022
As they picnicked on a knoll overlooking the West Side Highway, Ms. Naydenova flipped through the scrapbook.
From New York Times ● Oct. 8, 2021
He was walking in the woods where he had picnicked with his wife.
From "Abel's Island" by William Steig
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A fisherman packed up his rods next to a family picnicking on the waterfront.
From Barron's ● Apr. 22, 2026
Edwardian author Kenneth Grahame's story of boating, caravanning and picnicking and the hi-jinks of a cross-dressing amphibian is also an ode to the English landscape.
From BBC ● Feb. 13, 2026
At first, these trolley parks were simply gardens and picnicking grounds, but in time other attractions and rides like roller coasters and Ferris wheels were added.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 23, 2026
His summer concerts became civic rituals: families picnicking, fans waving lightsabers in time to “The Imperial March” and Williams emerging each night to ovations more often reserved for rock stars.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 11, 2025
To the west lay the ancient Grunewald forest, where sixteenth-century German princes hunted stags and wild boars and where Berliners of all classes nowadays enjoyed hiking, picnicking, and foraging for mushrooms.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
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