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
Valuations today are so stretched that it may not take much more straw to break the camel’s back.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
As Europe bakes in yet another heatwave, German winegrower Florian Weingart has scattered straw on the ground to keep moisture trapped in the earth and protect his prized vines from extreme temperatures.
From Barron's ● Aug. 16, 2026
The straw still covered me on the floor, and I heard the cart trundle away as the door shut.
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
“There will be a lot of straws dipping into the pool,” Carstens said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 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
And, if you’re feeling playful, a whimsical bread: miniature muffins, pesto pull-apart bread, chickpea flour flatbreads, cheese straws, popovers — something that makes people point across the table and say, “Wait, what are those?”
From Salon ● Jun. 22, 2026
He was wiggling all over and snapping at the broom straws.
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
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