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sprout

[sprout] / spraʊt /


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Recalling where certain plants sprout first in the spring can help hungry animals find important nutrients.

From Science Daily Jul. 29, 2026

The Buck Moon, which was named after the time male deer sprout new antlers, will rise on 29 July.

From BBC Jun. 29, 2026

Here, inside of a tightly symmetrical structure, Giotto places the followers of Jesus speaking in tongues—flames sprout from their heads—while onlookers, separated by a low wall, view the scene with bafflement.

From The Wall Street Journal May 11, 2026

Potato flatbread with spruce sprout pesto and pickled white currant.

From Salon Mar. 8, 2026

Mom and I waited for it to grow while the Korean Fire, our survivor flower, blossomed around it—but that iris seed refused to sprout.

From "The Science of Breakable Things" by Tae Keller

For the gardeners: At first, they look like unassuming sprouts.

From Slate Sep. 11, 2026

Everything Sprouts said Friday that it was recalling 5 oz. lidded plastic containers of alfalfa sprouts that were distributed after May 26.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 21, 2026

Uniforms that sprouts porcupine quills at the tug of a collar?

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 15, 2026

The fields of Eshtiwi show only the first faint signs of growth in June, with small green sprouts emerging around the village.

From Barron's Jul. 1, 2026

So anyway, this lunchtime I cut my sprouts up into tiny pieces and glolloped tomato ketchup over them.

From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell

England will want to build on the green shoots of recovery that sprouted in Leeds.

From BBC Aug. 26, 2026

Fans marched to last Thursday’s afternoon game with Qatar wearing Canadian flags draped over their shoulders and headdresses that sprouted small maple leafs.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 23, 2026

Surveillance software sprouted in every cranny of the ballpark, first in service of providing more data for teams and front offices to pore over, then as fuel for ever more esoteric betting propositions.

From Salon Apr. 13, 2026

Others have flocked to civil-defense groups, which have sprouted up in cities around Taiwan in recent years.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 19, 2026

It looks just like its name suggests, like a bright green buck has sprouted horns from the planter.

From "A Bird Will Soar" by Alison Green Myers

On the housing front, rows of affordable duplexes are sprouting up for young families, retirees and empty-nesters next to single-family homes and farmland.

From The Wall Street Journal May 11, 2026

Visitors can expect yellows and splashes of orange, with more flowers sprouting every day.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 10, 2026

Images of seabirds, fish, and sprouting maize appear together on textiles, ceramics, pottery, wall carvings and paintings.

From Science Daily Mar. 7, 2026

"The seeds are sprouting and the harvest is coming," Hichilema said, touting a planned nationwide geological survey to map untapped deposits.

From Barron's Feb. 15, 2026

My mind saw a clean and pressed uniform, with a nest of wicked snakes sprouting out of his neck, or a skull with hollow black eyes, smoking a cigarette.

From "Between Shades of Gray" by Ruta Sepetys




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