sapling
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The mayor gave each of them a pine sapling.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2026
He said estimating the value of the sapling was difficult, because of its intangible sentimental value, likening it to a piece of "stolen art".
From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2026
Tyler and Cora steady a western redbud sapling as Atticus holds up a bag of soil and Eliza shovels out the fragrant earth.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 23, 2026
Centuries after a group of travellers planted a sapling and waited to see if it would live, the answer is still there.
From BBC ● May 2, 2026
She bent a sapling over, as if to pluck a choice fruit from the top.
From "Endangered" by Eliot Schrefer
All of the saplings are international varieties like Hass and Pinkerton.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
The earliest he can replant is 2029, he said, to ensure parasites from the burned wood don’t affect his saplings.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026
Over-population of deer means they graze on young plants and tree saplings before they ever have a chance to reach maturity.
From BBC ● May 21, 2026
Only raccoons are said to live in the Karlshorst buildings and birch saplings are sprouting out of a balcony.
From Barron's ● Feb. 8, 2026
The flames, as though they were a kind of wild life, crept as a jaguar creeps on its belly toward a line of birch-like saplings that fledged an outcrop of the pink rock.
From "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding
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