spring
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Above-average rainfall is needed across England for the next seven months for all areas to recover from drought by spring 2027, according to new research.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
Last spring, Pew Research Center released its annual survey comparing how Americans and others around the world view the United States’ global role.
From Salon ● Sep. 17, 2026
He joined the track team last spring with the intention to get faster.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
In the spring of 2025, his personal attorney and political adviser Tim Parlatore was involved in efforts to polygraph Patrick Weaver, the secretary’s senior adviser.
From Salon ● Sep. 14, 2026
When we arrived at the spring, Grandpa and I got down on our bellies and had a good drink.
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
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After Rory was referred to GOSH, medics thought he may benefit from the new nitinol springs, instead of the traditional steel springs, because his case was severe.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026
But the great virtue of democracy is that, as long as there’s another election on the horizon, hope springs eternal for Congress doing something.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
In a will, this is typically set up as what’s called a testamentary trust, which is a trust that springs out of a will.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 26, 2026
"The Smyrnaeans have the river Meles, with its lovely water, and at its springs is the grotto, where they say Homer composed his poems," wrote the 2nd-century Greek chronicler and geographer Pausanias.
From Barron's ● Aug. 17, 2026
Then at night he sat at his bench, cleaning old springs and wheels and trying to make the work last out until bedtime.
From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers
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He dropped to his knees, then sprang up, punched his fist into the air and shouted: "We have done it."
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
A youngster sprang from the grass, running toward its mother, draped in what looked like a roomy shag carpet.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2026
Bystanders – including Craig Bowe, who made three rescue attempts – sprang into action as the tragedy unfolded, administering CPR to the Rahmans.
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026
In 1942, when one of the leaders of the House Un-American Activities Committee baselessly accused the famous educator and civil rights activist Mary McLeod Bethune of being a communist, Smith sprang into action.
From Salon ● Jul. 27, 2026
The motor sprang to life with a grand purr, and Mike and Opoku cheered.
From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo
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The contact lens maker just sprung a surprise no one saw coming.
From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026
The series has sprung, somewhat unusually, from Davidson’s guest role in a 33-year-old two-episode arc on Martin Lawrence’s Fox sitcom, “Martin.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026
Since then, data centers have sprung up across Texas.
From Slate ● Aug. 29, 2026
When the first leak sprung in 2022, the remodeling project was funded partly by insurance.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 1, 2026
It looked like a party had somehow sprung up right in the middle of the hot concrete sidewalk.
From "The Lemonade War" by Jacqueline Davies
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Companies like Caterpillar and Cummins are raising production of generators critical as backup-power options for data centers springing up all over the world.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
But the more unavailable your manager is, the less likely they will be looking for you — or springing a last-minute assignment on you.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 30, 2026
Recognising those challenges, efforts to support new music are springing up around the UK.
From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2026
The field is more crowded now, with Bowlero, Top Golf, and other eat-and-play concepts springing up in many of the same areas.
From Slate ● Jun. 25, 2026
Boo grins, her knees springing up and down.
From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko
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Physical Geography - Introductory
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