sprout
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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
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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
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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
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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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