autumn
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"First of all, there's nature, of course -- there are the trees, the grass," she said, noting, "the trees already look like autumn."
From Barron's ● Aug. 15, 2026
Last autumn, he and his friends travelled to Mexico City and opted for a direct flight from Vancouver instead.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
The World Meteorological Organization said on July 31 that a “strong El Niño is developing” and was expected to continue strengthening through early autumn.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026
But to show a live-action dancer partnering an animated figure in an entirely painted landscape as autumn leaves swirl in slow motion around them was another feat altogether.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
But she still hadn’t finished them when the Navy came knocking on her door in the autumn of 1922.
From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield
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Tehran, located on the southern slopes of the Alborz Mountains, experiences hot, dry summers, sometimes rainy autumns and winters that can be harsh and snowy.
From Barron's ● Dec. 24, 2025
The story leaps two autumns ahead, when Odd happens along and helps Sook and Buddy as they struggle to haul a tub of chrysanthemums to their porch.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 21, 2025
Just an hour and a half from Los Angeles there’s a mountain community where there are actual seasons: Warm summers, crisp autumns, snowy winters and resplendent springs complete with daffodils all around.
From Salon ● Sep. 14, 2024
Using climate and bee population models, researchers found that increasingly long autumns with good flying weather for bees raises the likelihood of colony collapse in the spring.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 25, 2024
And though he missed the crisp Montana autumns, Roy found himself daydreaming less often about the place.
From "Hoot" by Carl Hiaasen
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Vocabulary lists containing autumn
Figurative Language in King's "I Have a Dream" Speech (1963)
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Cormac McCarthy's "The Road"
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