fig

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“This is just a fig leaf to deflect from criticism,” Ocasio-Cortez posted on X External link in response to Kalshi’s new measures.

From Barron's • Mar. 25, 2026

It’s a defense of winter salads and includes several recipes, like one for a celery and radish salad with fig vinaigrette and another for a citrus salad with green olives, burrata and honey-roasted pistachios.

From Salon • Feb. 7, 2026

Magda, the manager, helps me with a goat cheese, Mothais sur Feuille, wrapped in a fig leaf.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 10, 2025

The fruits that chimps consume most frequently at each site, a fig called Ficus musuco at Ngogo and the plum like fruit of the evergreen Parinari excelsa at Taï, were also the most alcohol rich.

From Science Daily • Dec. 1, 2025

He tottered across the roof tiles, spraying his fig trees like it was the safest, sanest procedure in the world.

From "Darius the Great Is Not Okay" by Adib Khorram