planter
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From the bathroom, I pulled out a ceramic planter and a mini rubber ducky.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 8, 2026
The name comes from an estate built on Maryland’s Eastern Shore in the early years of the 18th century by Philemon Hemsley, a wealthy merchant and tobacco planter.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 17, 2026
Work soon began on erecting the towering armature, which is made of 1,800 linear feet of steel tubing and 500 planter boxes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2025
“I was trying to take a picture of the beautiful turquoise planter at the end of the pool, but the camera was on me, so I just snapped it,” she later told PEOPLE.
From Salon ● Aug. 9, 2025
Deliberately and strategically, the planter class extended special privileges to poor whites in an effort to drive a wedge between them and black slaves.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
