spring
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Each Friday during the spring semester, students practice the basic techniques of archaeological fieldwork while investigating Mission San Francisco de Potano, a centuries-old site in northwest Gainesville.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 22, 2026
And Paxton has noted that the expensive primary runoff left his coffers more depleted than those of Talarico, who could afford to spend the spring stockpiling his war chest after winning his March primary.
From Salon ● Aug. 22, 2026
Lead actress Lily Collins and the rest of the production team were spotted this spring in Mykonos, Paros and Santorini.
From Barron's ● Aug. 22, 2026
It inspires me, so it’s like a natural spring well of water that I go to every Sunday.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
Best of all, for nearly an hour each day, gradually lengthening as the spring sun rose higher, a shaft of checkered light streamed into the dark little room.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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"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
Measures of core inflation, which exclude volatile food and energy prices, have been stubborn too, suggesting that some of the inflation rebound springs from deeper economic trends.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
“This groundwater mining proposal would drain the desert and rob the Mojave of its rare springs and wildlife habitat,” said Chance Wilcox, California desert associate director of the National Parks Conservation Assn.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026
In the dimly lit cellars of London's oldest wine merchant, Texas is not the first thing that springs to mind.
From BBC ● Jun. 18, 2026
He wore a denture, made from one of his own teeth, a cow’s tooth, and hippopotamus ivory; metal springs held the denture in his mouth.
From "George Washington, Spymaster" by Thomas B. Allen
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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
Part of the explanation is that, instead of a fifth of global supply being shut off, the Strait of Hormuz sprang lots of leaks—some ships snuck through and oil found a way out through pipelines.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
Araki sprang out of the New Queer Cinema of the ’90s.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026
He said it sprang from his love of painting animals, then became an "exercise in looking into grief", also honouring friends who had died.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
A cat that had been sitting on the roof of a pickup truck across the street sprang onto the window ledge of our apartment and disappeared into the shadows.
From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda
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When the first leak sprung in 2022, the remodeling project was funded partly by insurance.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 1, 2026
The 23-year-old, who was raised by his grandparents, says the idea to set up the business six years ago "sprung from a need for our older generation to move".
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
Relief workers are also worried about water contamination and disease spreading in refugee camps that have sprung up around La Guaira and Caracas.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 11, 2026
Even though World Cup watch parties have sprung up across Southern California, I’ve spent the tournament in downtown Santa Ana because it hit different here.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 6, 2026
Thrym had already stopped making kissing noises and had sprung back, shaken.
From "Norse Mythology" by Neil Gaiman
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Starting in a 4-2-4 formation again, players hold their positions before springing to press certain opponents when the moment is right.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
Because springing for and maintaining a fleet of its own is costly, ICE has historically outsourced its deportation flights to private companies or used military and Coast Guard vessels.
From Slate ● Aug. 18, 2026
But there’s a strong chance something will go wrong during many of those vacations, which makes a convincing case for buying a travel-insurance policy — especially if you’ll be springing for a pricey trip.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 9, 2026
While luxury hotels are springing up in Ashgabat and Avaza, the main seaside resort on the Caspian Sea, the rest of the country is poorly equipped for visitors.
From Barron's ● Jun. 23, 2026
Then Frodo stepped up to the great grey net, and hewed it with a wide sweeping stroke, drawing the bitter edge swiftly across a ladder of close-strung cords, and at once springing away.
From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien
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