straw
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“The summer turned it all into straw — into torches,” she said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2026
Beam and Wheat are now raking longleaf pine straw and selling it to garden centers until the market improves.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
The final straw came when she realised "balloons were non-biodegradable" even though the packaging said they would say break up "at the rate of an oak leaf".
From Barron's ● Aug. 23, 2026
The BBC has conducted a straw poll in the Essex seaside town, where people have shared their views on the election result.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
Then I found an empty stall and made myself a nest of straw.
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
He has to constantly hydrate, so he places big cups of water on both sides of the stage with straws, but sometimes the crew and other actors help him pick up the cup.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
It's clutching at straws to try to look for France weaknesses because at times you watch open-mouthed in amazement when the front four is in full flow.
From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2026
All of items, sold individually, were snatched up by Wednesday within 24 hours of sales starting: water bottle caps, ring pop candy, police caution tape, straws, utensils -- as well as a single left AirPod.
From Barron's ● Jul. 8, 2026
“We’re grabbing for straws, trying to develop something,” an officer told the New York Times within 24 hours of the bombing.
From Slate ● Jul. 7, 2026
It was decided that they would draw straws and the winner would get to be the first one to ask the oracle a question.
From "The Egypt Game" by Zilpha Keatley Snyder
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