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picnic

[pik-nik] / ˈpɪk nɪk /




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Following the show — billowing shapes, punk-y hair sculptures, all classically Collina — we walked into a whimsical picnic complete with a margarita fountain.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 16, 2026

At the next picnic table over, a little girl tipped an oyster back then dropped it on the ground—one more shell for the modern midden.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 29, 2026

Instead tourists at sunlit picnic tables were photographing themselves.

From BBC Aug. 26, 2026

Royal Parks said the male deer had approached the man's picnic group looking for food, and had since been put down.

From BBC Aug. 17, 2026

Ethan plopped down on the picnic bench opposite mine.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith

So Jones scheduled more vaccine clinics, which she brought to church picnics and community events, saving residents a trip to the health department.

From Salon Sep. 12, 2026

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

In Greenwich, some people got up from their picnics as the "dust devil" moved across the park, with some even heard screaming.

From BBC Aug. 10, 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

Change myself into a better person that didn’t ruin picnics.

From "The Young Man and the Sea" by Rodman Philbrick

Olivia Rodrigo picnicked in the park with one.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 8, 2026

I’d seen the Joey P. my entire life; I had visited it on field trips and picnicked in a park that stands in the shadow of its gun mounts.

From Salon Dec. 24, 2025

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

COLIC: colicky frolic: frolicked, frolicker, frolicking GARLIC: garlicky mimic: mimicked, mimicking panic: panicked, panicking, panicky picnic: picnicked, picnicker, picnicking POLITICS: politicker, politicking traffic: trafficked, trafficker, trafficking playwright.

From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner

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

These candies are a great option for those who want to enjoy something light and fruity while picnicking.

From Salon Jul. 30, 2025

Now they were picnicking near where their apartment used to be.

From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut




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