pine
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Be it with candles or the pine sticks preferred in Sagada, lighting a flame is "inviting the presence of Christ with us, having fellowship with our departed loved ones", he said.
From Barron's ● Nov. 2, 2026
The escarpment rises precipitously from the sagebrush-covered valley floor, climbing through pinyon and juniper woodlands into thick pine forests.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026
According to People, Love and his wife, Jacquelyne Piesen, arranged for 6 acres surrounding their Incline Village property to be protected from development, helping preserve the towering pine trees and wildlife that characterize the area.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 19, 2026
To keep pesto interesting: we’ll switch between pine nuts and cashews.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026
In both spots—before his step and after—he felt just a gentle breeze, the sunshine warm on the back of his neck, the pine needles soft beneath his feet.
From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
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Forestry and Land Scotland say the blaze around Glenmore in the Cairngorms may have led to the loss of many so-called "granny pines" which have matured over centuries.
From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026
She stopped in the middle of the woods during a walk, looked with disapproval at my light jacket, and threw her hands up in mock confusion, surveying the snow-encrusted pines.
From Salon ● Sep. 19, 2026
The attacks escalated this summer, with 16 trees — 13 Jeffrey pines and three white firs — poisoned on three occasions between May and early August.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026
The coastline is lined with maritime pines, originally planted under Napoleon III to shield local villages from advancing dunes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026
A low, one-story white house looked out from a stand of pines.
From "Homecoming" by Cynthia Voigt
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He pined for more: “I’d be micro-editing PowerPoint presentations and thinking, ‘What am I doing with my life?’”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 7, 2026
Nick Martinez, 35, SP, 2.3, 11.2: Martinez is a swingman who has pined for the workload and pay of a full-time starter.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2025
Mr. Butzel told The New York Times in 2000 that as a lawyer’s son he “felt obligated to be a lawyer, but it was nothing I pined to do.”
From New York Times ● Feb. 2, 2024
Several residents still pined for a separate state, leading India’s Parliament to establish Sikh- and Hindu-dominated states in the north, respectively recognized as Punjab and Haryana, by 1966.
From Slate ● Sep. 20, 2023
The intervening year helped her make the transition to everything but the Virginia heat; many was the night she pined for White Sulphur Springs’ brisk summer nights.
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
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Before many learned Walter might be interested in selling the team quickly, Kushner and Iger, already pining for an NBA franchise, jumped at the opportunity.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026
At that point, Lightbody was pining for a woman who'd rejected his advances.
From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026
Noah quit the Washington Post to start a politics web site, while still pining for Chaya, who worked in the Obama administration.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026
The lack of a son’s POV makes Boy Mom pining both performative and disturbingly real.
From Salon ● Jun. 4, 2026
I lay awake thinking about her, wondering how she was, and pining, grieving.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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