violet
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Too much bracken inhibits the growth of the dog violet, the food source for the caterpillars.
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026
SoftBank 9984 -12.53%decrease; down pointing triangle Group founder Masayoshi Son, after all, isn’t exactly a shrinking violet when it comes to wild ideas.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 27, 2026
The light softened toward sunset, an evening echo of the same violet sky that hovered over Julian at the start of the day.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 7, 2026
It is the best event the site has seen since 2016, with swathes of the desert transformed and covered in golden and violet flora.
From BBC ● Mar. 10, 2026
Vivienne chooses a violet that seems to be a silvery gray when she turns it over her hand.
From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black
“I used to come to the Huntington with my mother when I was a child. She loved to garden, especially African violets, and she passed that love of plants and nature on to me.”
From New York Times ● May 8, 2024
Her poems are powerful and dangerous, like violets pushing through concrete to kiss the sun.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2023
Brummett paused near a large statue of Carter, where someone had placed some violets at the base.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 19, 2023
You can eat it, though, and it's got a flavor that's been described as redolent of violets.
From Salon ● Feb. 13, 2023
The Hurds had sold their sloop but kept the tender, and one day, late in May, Turner borrowed it to row his mother over to Malaga Island, carrying with them a pot of violets.
From "Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy" by Gary D. Schmidt
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