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picnic

[pik-nik] / ˈpɪk nɪk /




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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

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

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

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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