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
When her first order, a kale and brussels sprout salad, arrived, she said she was shocked at how big it was.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026
Potato flatbread with spruce sprout pesto and pickled white currant.
From Salon ● Mar. 8, 2026
Potted plants and trees sprout here and there, vines hang down from the balconies.
From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood
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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
There is no shortage of access to Brussels sprouts; people simply prefer to eat the wrong things.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026
One example is a multipaneled sketch that shows what happens when you drop a seed and watch it grow in stages, first when it sprouts and then when leaves come out.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 16, 2026
We are sitting in the kitchen, plucking the tails off the bean sprouts Grandma is making for dinner.
From "Finding Junie Kim" by Ellen Oh
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In the shade beneath the fading giant, a seedling had sprouted.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 19, 2026
American enclaves sprouted across Germany in areas occupied by U.S. forces after World War II, shaping the society around them for several generations.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 15, 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
The AI boom has brought huge profits for tech giants and sprouted many startups worldwide, but the bubble could pop if the frenzied excitement loses momentum.
From Barron's ● Feb. 18, 2026
If she had asked me for a flying saucer, I would have sprouted wings and searched the night sky for one.
From "Silent To The Bone" by E.L. Konigsburg
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This struggle is exactly why so many social clubs have been sprouting up in L.A. over the last few years.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 23, 2026
Images of seabirds, fish, and sprouting maize appear together on textiles, ceramics, pottery, wall carvings and paintings.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 7, 2026
Only raccoons are said to live in the Karlshorst buildings and birch saplings are sprouting out of a balcony.
From Barron's ● Feb. 8, 2026
Nature was also present in the collection's accessories, with a bag shaped like a ladybird and a clutch bag that seemed to be sprouting long grass.
From BBC ● Jan. 29, 2026
I stood at the gate and looked out at all the tombstones, white and gray, sprouting from the ground like weird teeth.
From "The Boy in the Black Suit" by Jason Reynolds
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