pine

Molecular fingerprinting revealed compounds associated with pine trees, showing that every sample was dominated by heated coniferous resin or coniferous tar, also called pitch.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 21, 2026

By contrast, logistics is pretty mundane; the big contractors don’t pine for contracts to build oiler ships, cranes, or commissaries.

From Slate ● Aug. 19, 2026

Villages near the Adriatic city of Split were struck by the blaze, which coursed through pine forest-lined hillside, causing extensive damage to homes and cars.

From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026

Jackie and her mate, Shadow, delighted millions of viewers as stars of a nonstop livestream of their nest, perched high in a Jeffrey pine overlooking Big Bear Lake.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026

Akira looked at the ground, where brittle leaves and pine needles were ready and waiting to burn.

From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz

"We're dealing with a very dense stand of closely packed pines," firefighter Captain Wilfried Schneider told AFP, describing a fire of "rare" intensity.

From Barron's ● Jul. 22, 2026

Any justice who pines for the spotlight can give as many interviews and speak at as many law schools as he or she likes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026

Rich Klaben, a dealer with Ford and Jeep-Ram stores in Kent, Ohio, pines for the smaller Ford Ranger that his family dealership used to sell in droves in the 1980s and 1990s.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 29, 2026

Torrey pines, named after 19th century botanist John Torrey, grow naturally only on Santa Rosa Island and in Torrey Pine State Park in San Diego.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 10, 2026

He looked older than the pines, his eyes as pale as running water.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman

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

Yet he felt compelled to hold a news conference at the Bears training camp in Lake Forest, Ill., to explain why he pined for playing in, say, Minnesota.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 29, 2025

Yet, there is one thing that Manilow has always pined for and now inspires some irrational fears: a Broadway show.

From New York Times ● Nov. 7, 2023

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

I pined in my heart to be in a dark theater with popcorn and larger-than-life actors on the screen in the latest hit movie.

From "March Forward, Girl" by Melba Pattillo Beals

“I wanted her to let Marty have his thing. Deborah wasn’t pining for Marty. She wasn’t hoping it was her at the altar. She was there to support her friend and his choice.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026

By all accounts, investors are pining for shares.

From Barron's ● May 22, 2026

“I’m pining so badly,” he later implored, “I could throw myself down on the ground before you!”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026

Speaking to the BBC from New York, Baranski said she had been pining to return to her theatre roots for some time.

From BBC ● Apr. 16, 2026

“The one you’re pining after. The one you dressed up for that one night. The one you’re so completely in love with.”

From "From Twinkle, with Love" by Sandhya Menon