poppy
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Singapore and South Korea have pulled Trader Joe's Everything But the Bagel seasoning from e-commerce platforms because it contains poppy seeds.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
“A lot of things that felt poppy and fun for the era really felt like Elle to us,” she says.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 3, 2026
Flowers played a prominent role, with a spray of daffodils bursting from one skirt or the red-orange petals of California's poppy, the state flower, cascading down a dress.
From Barron's ● May 14, 2026
That means seeking out flavors far beyond the realm of sesame and poppy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 9, 2026
Matt was glad to be outside again.The sky felt familiar and safe.The same stars hung over the little house in the poppy fields.
From "The House of the Scorpion" by Nancy Farmer
As late as the 1800s, most commodities were cultivated: Cinnamon bark was peeled and rolled into quills, opium juiced from poppies, and tea leaves dried out in the sun.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
The soldiers are shadowed by an allegorical figure carrying poppies, symbolizing sleep—an analog, in the art of the time, for death—and a laurel branch symbolizing peace.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026
John Pickles, a "postcode gardener" with Friends of the Earth, said a patch of grass on the Orchard Park estate had been brought to life with flowers including ox-eye daisies, purple thistles and yellow poppies.
From BBC ● Jun. 23, 2026
She also spread Theodore Payne’s Rainbow Mix wildflower seeds throughout the landscape, including California poppies, Arroyo lupine, Desert Bluebells and Clarkia.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 10, 2026
The house in front of us is cheerful and well-kept: painted brick, with garden boxes of poppies in the window.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
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