weed
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As for the seaweed's common name, a firm favourite amongst the scientific divers is "pink-zebra weed".
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026
So don’t weed your garden and pull them out.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 29, 2026
As in the Progressive Era, Americans want solutions to weed out government corruption.
From Slate ● Jul. 8, 2026
Go with your friend to the community garden, help them weed their tomatoes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 15, 2026
And then the gardener plucks the weed and the flowering plant can fill the world with its brilliance and explosive color.
From "From Twinkle, with Love" by Sandhya Menon
They can be found planting trees, pulling weeds, painting flagpoles and picking up cigarette butts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 5, 2026
Summer came too early to Europe's most important rice growing region and weeds are taking over Sharon Angoli's parched paddies in Italy's Pavia province.
From Barron's ● Jul. 4, 2026
Its rangers and volunteers keep the outline defined by rechalking the figure every decade or so to protect it from weeds and erosion.
From BBC ● May 27, 2026
With the help of the flock, Lily eventually weeds out George’s murderer among the colorful townspeople, but not before “The Sheep Detectives” lands a couple of remarkable gut punches.
From Salon ● May 25, 2026
Just as planned, she made sure that the weeds wrapped around her legs and ears so that she looked completely trapped.
From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el
That requirement has weeded out a lot of bad candidates for our investments.
From Slate ● Jun. 5, 2026
The late ayatollah over the years weeded out potential clerical rivals, including former President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, who played kingmaker when Khamenei was selected as supreme leader in 1989.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 1, 2026
The long biotech winter cleaned up the sector: Many biotech companies that went public too early during the COVID-inspired biotech frenzy got weeded out by the sector’s subsequent weakness, Renna says.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 3, 2025
Lord Sugar has said wannabe influencers are weeded out during the selection process for The Apprentice, as his team can "smell them a mile off".
From BBC ● Jan. 31, 2024
They talked about how Nature weeded out the weak and left the hardy to carry on.
From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly
DraftKings and FanDuel, which dominate the sportsbook industry, have faced backlash for weeding out players who win too often and catering heavily to their biggest losers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
Fast-spreading pioneer and weeding ferns created extensive fern savannahs.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 22, 2026
Habiba, who spoke to AFP while busy weeding, is proud to have been farming in Nuristan province for decades.
From Barron's ● Jul. 1, 2026
The eight-week programme is being held at the group's field in Sion and involves planting hedges, weeding, watering and studying the concept of sustainability.
From BBC ● Apr. 3, 2026
We set it up along the edge of the garden plot and took turns climbing up it to “supervise” the weeding.
From "The Season of Styx Malone" by Kekla Magoon
