berry
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The single star was painted in berry juice, as was the bear, which looked so porcine that Mexicans who were struggling to protect California from Yankee rogues mocked it as more pig than bear.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
The standout drink on my visit was the triple berry matcha, made with first-harvest organic matcha, house-made berry syrup and vanilla cream.
From Salon ● Jun. 11, 2026
In contrast, the low PPO mixed berry smoothie produced flavanol levels similar to the capsule control.
From Science Daily ● May 24, 2026
The dark purple berry went global in the early 2000s after it was reinvented as a sweet sorbet, often topped with granola and fruit, and marketed for its antioxidant-rich properties.
From Barron's ● Jan. 28, 2026
Then the bird closest to the berries in each row would take a berry carefully and hold it out to the bird next to him in his beak.
From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen
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Grizzly bears are — were — omnivores, not picky eaters, and also lazy ones, noshing on berries, roots, acorns, beached whale carcasses and any laggardly young elk.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
Cyclospora is a parasite that contaminates leafy greens, berries and herbs.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 3, 2026
Experts also advise people avoid certain foods such as fresh uncooked berries and herbs, unpeeled fruit and salad items.
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026
You might be hearing about them because historically, berries with bumpy textures, especially raspberries and blackberries, have been linked to cyclosporiasis outbreaks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
“And the brothers prefer goji berries if you have them, instead of gooseberries.”
From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri
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The floral arrangements used “English foliage — holly, berried ivy and red skimmia,” and the tree was to be recycled to be viewed by holiday visitors to Windsor.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 25, 2022
In fall, masses of winter pansies, ornamental kale and berried shrubs replace tender plantings in the massive window box and containers, while the trim boxwood hedges and clipped hollies carry the show throughout winter.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 27, 2021
An' dat's whah my daughter-in-law's folks is berried.
From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves, North Carolina Narratives, Part 1 by Various
They would not give me the price of the habit that was berried with their father.
From The Reminiscences of an Irish Land Agent by Sir Home Gordon, Bart.
Now the childern be a-pryèn Roun' the berried bremble-bow, Zome a-laughèn, woone a-cryèn Vor the slent her frock do show.
From Poems of Rural Life in the Dorset Dialect by William Barnes
They spoke most of the weather, and mentioned fishing, berrying and hunting as often as art.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Joe and Marly did so much berrying, what with strawberries and then red raspberries and then blackberries, that Joe said he was absolutely berried-out.
From "Miracles on Maple Hill" by Virginia Sorensen
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Of course, I’m not going to follow her, although it would be easier than playing On the Track, the game we made up when went berrying or food gathering.
From "On the Far Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
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I’m beginning to think she’s gone fishing or berrying and will not return until dusk.
From "On the Far Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
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One day Chickum and the twins went berrying in the direction of our former home, venturing—as we rarely did—even as far as the wooded lot.
From The Cassowary What Chanced in the Cleft Mountains by Stanley Waterloo
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