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Others call the dictionary a fig leaf for the interpretive excesses of jurists bent on reading the law to suit a political agenda.

By that point it would be too late for an international force, which would be little more than a fig leaf for Hamas’s power.

We were approaching Point Fermin, where Meals pointed out the serene magnificence of a Moreton Bay fig tree that threw an acre of shade and cooled a refreshing salt-air breeze.

A blooming pink jasmine frames the porch, and a quick-growing Sierra fig tree they got from the city for free will soon provide shade and fruit at the northeast edge of the front yard.

I’ve loved the recipes so far — a triple apple snacking cake, those fig jam hand pies — because they’re the kind of sweets that can happen on a Tuesday.