grapevine
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"Online patient communities work a lot like a neighborhood grapevine," says Ungar.
From Science Daily ● May 24, 2026
Some reporters have gotten Trump’s digits through the grapevine or from colleagues; at least one simply asked him.
From Slate ● Mar. 18, 2026
Bill Musgrave, then the Golden Bears’ offensive coordinator, had heard about Mendoza through the coaching grapevine.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2025
The vase is a rare underglaze decorated with two squirrels hiding in a fruiting grapevine.
From BBC ● May 11, 2025
Somebody along his grapevine has recommended me, so I had better brincar, jump over there, and grab a job while I can.
From "Beast Rider" by Tony Johnston & María Elena Fontanot de Rhoads
"I think this decline is very regrettable," Tariq Lenny Bas, who grew up among the grapevines of western Austria, told AFP.
From Barron's ● Jul. 26, 2026
In a neighborhood flanked by grapevines and orange groves on the east side of the San Joaquin Valley, people cannot drink the water from their faucets because it’s contaminated.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 10, 2026
Workers — many undocumented — fled, some going into the fields, hiding beneath grapevines or climbing up date palm trees.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2025
“It’s much faster to do, and makes a lot more sense, when you have an entire crew,” he admitted before discussing the tractors, the road trips and the grapevines that keep him grounded.
From New York Times ● Apr. 27, 2024
The decorations even extended to the walls, where grapevines had been cut and woven into wreaths, and then peppered with fall leaves and dried flowers.
From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack
