cucumber

Bats are invaluable in agriculture, gorging on pests that target crops — corn earworms, brown stink bugs, cucumber beetles and more.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

Her Honor just needed to do more of the same: hail her own accomplishments, deliver well-timed zingers and keep as cool as a cucumber while baiting Raman into self-immolation.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026

“I’m feeling cool as a cucumber in those moments,” Nolan recalled in a recent interview.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026

Pair it with colorful summer sides like corn and avocado salad, broccoli slaw or cucumber kimchi, and it will feel nothing like Thanksgiving 2.0.

From Salon ● Jul. 12, 2026

They found him working over a tide chart while he ate a chicken stew of which the principal ingredient was not chicken but sea cucumber.

From "Cannery Row" by John Steinbeck

For appetizers, I also love putting out potato chips, olives, slices of salami and cucumbers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2026

Growers are also reporting cucumbers that are coming out misshapen, with some bending back into a spiral.

From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026

At this rainforest-like indoor farm, where creatures such as coral, tropical fish and sea cucumbers inhabit different aquariums, Kinjo bred "miracle coral" with extra resistance to warmer water.

From Barron's ● Jul. 29, 2026

Stuff the grilled meat into charcoal-toasted pita with salata na’ameh—a finely diced Palestinian salad with tomatoes, cucumbers, onion and herbs—plus hummus, baba ganoush and/or toum, and you’ve got a handheld feast.

From Salon ● Jul. 12, 2026

I spotted Amil sitting in the garden among the cucumbers.

From "The Night Diary" by Veera Hiranandani