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picnic

[pik-nik] / ˈpɪk nɪk /




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Asked how exactly the group came together, Godrich and Harrison look at each other across a picnic table and shrug.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 18, 2026

Following the show — billowing shapes, punk-y hair sculptures, all classically Collina — we walked into a whimsical picnic complete with a margarita fountain.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 16, 2026

"We have a picnic on the beach at Welcombe Mouth, a swim and a walk back to the house for some cake," she wrote of the longstanding family tradition.

From BBC Sep. 3, 2026

At the next picnic table over, a little girl tipped an oyster back then dropped it on the ground—one more shell for the modern midden.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 29, 2026

He might have been discussing a rain shower at a picnic.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell

That same year, Rosales moved back to L.A. and began organizing lowrider picnics at Legg Lake in Whittier Narrows Recreation Area in South El Monte.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 9, 2026

Bowie told the informant that she would "make it a point to have picnics by the capital to observe" and learn about security measures, the complaint alleges.

From Barron's Aug. 20, 2026

Emma adds to the fun by taking her kids fruit picking and also by letting them choose at the supermarket, then having tasty picnics in the garden.

From BBC Jul. 21, 2026

I have a small complaint about modern picnics.

From Salon Jun. 18, 2026

I take the road past the castle, a fairy-tale place of turrets and etched stone where my sisters used to eat picnics, but those memories are like old photographs faded by the sun.

From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron

Olivia Rodrigo picnicked in the park with one.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 8, 2026

I’d seen the Joey P. my entire life; I had visited it on field trips and picnicked in a park that stands in the shadow of its gun mounts.

From Salon Dec. 24, 2025

Young women and men picnicked side by side on the pavement, chanting: “Woman! Life! Freedom!”

From Seattle Times Oct. 27, 2022

Streets of identical high-rise apartments were interspersed with parks and wide, tree-lined streets, while residents picnicked beside the Siverskyi Donets river and in forests nearby.

From Reuters May 30, 2022

COLIC: colicky frolic: frolicked, frolicker, frolicking GARLIC: garlicky mimic: mimicked, mimicking panic: panicked, panicking, panicky picnic: picnicked, picnicker, picnicking POLITICS: politicker, politicking traffic: trafficked, trafficker, trafficking playwright.

From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner

The title character disdains the common folk, and the play’s complicated political discussion and harsh, jagged poetry aren’t what most picnicking playgoers are after.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 1, 2026

Still, hundreds of families sat out under mild, cloudy skies, picnicking amid sweeping views of the snow-capped Alborz mountains -- a postcard scene at odds with a city under regular attack.

From Barron's Apr. 2, 2026

Edwardian author Kenneth Grahame's story of boating, caravanning and picnicking and the hi-jinks of a cross-dressing amphibian is also an ode to the English landscape.

From BBC Feb. 13, 2026

At first, these trolley parks were simply gardens and picnicking grounds, but in time other attractions and rides like roller coasters and Ferris wheels were added.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 23, 2026

He asked Billy what it had been like, and Billy told him about the horses and the couple picnicking on the moon.

From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut




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