pollen
Example Sentences
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Honeybees rely on pollen as their main food source.
From Science Daily • Mar. 27, 2026
It was hard to keep the pollen out of the porch, and even harder to keep people in.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 7, 2026
The early season warmth will be welcomed by many, but not if you suffer from tree pollen.
From BBC • Mar. 4, 2026
By matching the models with real world evidence preserved in pollen, they were able to estimate how much each factor influenced plant cover.
From Science Daily • Feb. 12, 2026
Later Liyana would float around their old neighborhood, invisible as tree pollen, and see if anyone mentioned her.
From "Habibi" by Naomi Shihab Nye
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