picnic
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Before she gave a small speech at the picnic, Stevens took a few questions from reporters.
From Slate ● Jul. 30, 2026
"Some of the memories that they'll treasure most will come from simple things, like baking together or a picnic in the park, or building a den in the living room."
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
Last Saturday morning, dozens of families set up their canopies for the annual Chavez Ravine community picnic, bringing photo albums and other cherished keepsakes to display table side.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026
A clown paints children's faces, music fills the air, as families spread picnic carpets across the grass.
From Barron's ● Jul. 11, 2026
Families have filled up the green picnic tables, and they nod or raise a hand in greeting.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
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I have a small complaint about modern picnics.
From Salon ● Jun. 18, 2026
People climb on to it to get selfies, lift their children on to it, or eat picnics on its broad flanks.
From BBC ● Apr. 6, 2026
Newsom has reported receiving $72,000 in travel, staff picnics and holiday events from the protocol foundation since he took office in 2019, according to the disclosures.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 14, 2026
Meanwhile, she gets Yeti swag and treated to company picnics and parties.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 7, 2026
No milk and honey on the other side, either, but just more stinking jungle laying low in the haze, as far, far away as the memory of picnics in Georgia.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
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Young women and men picnicked side by side on the pavement, chanting: “Woman! Life! Freedom!”
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 27, 2022
The pangram from yesterday’s Spelling Bee was picnicked.
From New York Times ● Aug. 3, 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
And when we picnicked on a Sunday night, the meal seemed to stretch the weekend a little longer.
From Salon ● Jun. 15, 2021
He was walking in the woods where he had picnicked with his wife.
From "Abel's Island" by William Steig
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A fisherman packed up his rods next to a family picnicking on the waterfront.
From Barron's ● Apr. 22, 2026
Battle scenes — including Bull Run, where picnicking tourists are accurately shown in attendance — are convincingly rendered.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 26, 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
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
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