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sprout

[sprout] / spraʊt /


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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

"Some branches would die off, and others would sprout up," he said.

From Barron's • Mar. 8, 2026

Only much later would I realize that it wasn’t so much a smorgasbord of vendors as it was the Gorgon Medusa: When one head is removed, more sprout in its place.

From Slate • Jan. 13, 2026

I got my knife out and cut a green mesquite sprout.

From "Old Yeller" by Fred Gipson




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