sprout
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The cinema is a place where new ideas sprout and beliefs are forged.
From Salon • Apr. 9, 2026
"Some branches would die off, and others would sprout up," he said.
From Barron's • Mar. 8, 2026
Vauxhall, 150 miles southeast of Calgary, calls itself the “Potato Capital of the West,” but its spud fields whiff of petroleum because they also sprout oil derricks.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 14, 2026
Once they sprout, its tall and graceful characteristics are very conspicuous and catch people’s eye, said David Campbell, an expert on mushroom consumption or a mycophagist.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 16, 2026
The crops would appear, the asparagus was ready to sprout, and for the rest of the spring and summer the garden would be too busy a place for mice to live in comfortably.
From "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH" by Robert C. O'Brien
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