straw

I am now carrying a gorgeous straw tote and wearing linen that has somehow survived public transit without acquiring a wrinkle.

From Salon ● Aug. 4, 2026

They examined agricultural residues such as wheat straw and leftover corn.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026

The Security Council president, Zenon Ngay Mukongo of the Democratic Republic of Congo, confirmed a second round of the straw poll would be announced in the coming days.

From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026

Maximilien, who is studying in Singapore, posted the video of himself licking the straw on Instagram with the caption "city is not safe".

From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026

A whistle roused us at 4:00 when, without even shaking the straw from clothes and hair, the stampede began for the ration of bread and coffee in the center room.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

“There will be a lot of straws dipping into the pool,” Carstens said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 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

ANL has countered that evidence will prove it sourced its stories legitimately and that claims around the use of private investigators were "clutching at straws in the wind".

From Barron's ● Feb. 6, 2026

I pulled out the broom and tore out a batch of straws and tossed them into the fire and watched them smoke, turn black, blaze, and finally become white wisps of ghosts that vanished.

From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright