virgin

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At 9:47 this evening, after a virgin mojito and fish tacos, I complete a deck titled “Why Putting Yourself First Is Good for Salmon.”

From Slate • May 10, 2026

Typically, recycled plastic is more expensive than virgin plastic.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026

Extra virgin olive oil has long been a cornerstone of the Mediterranean diet, known for supporting heart and metabolic health.

From Science Daily • Apr. 18, 2026

Regrown forests, especially with monoculture commercial saplings planted rank and file, may never achieve the splendid complexity of virgin forests.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

Colonial writers knew that disease tilled the virgin soil of the Americas countless times in the sixteenth century.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann