sage
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At this point, the architects of Bass’ campaign need to burn sage to drive out bad spirits or just bow out altogether.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026
The colorful aesthetic follows into the kitchen, which is adorned with sage green cabinetry, a wooden island, and state-of-the-art appliances.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 28, 2026
She hopes the golden yarrow will spread, and she’s especially proud of the large white sage she grew from seeds that a friend gave her.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 10, 2026
Upon entering the home, guests are greeted with an expansive living area that features wooden beams on the ceiling, French doors that open up to the balcony, a cozy fireplace, and a sage green bar.
From MarketWatch ● May 28, 2026
Yet there are times when even the pluckiest among us fail to follow this sage advice.
From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood
Fox News’ Jessica sager contributed to this report.
From Fox News ● Aug. 28, 2019
If they could trust his sincerity, Republicans could have found no sager counselor than Charley Michelson.
From Time Magazine Archive
How about the remark of reputedly sager and more worldly-wise of the founding fathers: "We must all hang together, or assuredly we shall all hang separately."
From Time Magazine Archive
The same day, his wife decided she should leave him for a slimmer, sager man.
From Time Magazine Archive
"But I want to know what color it is, most larned sager."
From Going to Maynooth Traits and Stories of the Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three by William Carleton
But joining the Little Red Book author in a shrine to the all-time sagest minds in golf would be his English counterpart, John Jacobs.
From Golf Digest ● Oct. 16, 2013
The sagest maneuver of the season may have been the removal of the cots from the coaches' offices in Cincinnati.
From Time Magazine Archive
Scapegoat elected for Mussolini's Albanian fiasco was white-haired, crinkle-eyed Marshal Pietro Badoglio, Chief of the General Staff, universally recognized as Italy's sagest soldier.
From Time Magazine Archive
"By 1997 some filmmakers will have been absorbed into Hollywood," says Norman Wang, a New York-based film publicist and one of the Hong Kong industry's sagest insiders.
From Time Magazine Archive
“The impressions he made upon me suggested he was not of the sagest, nor of the most excellent of men.”
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
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