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
Aurelia Boaz, a 1949 Hampton Institute graduate, got the word through the college grapevine.
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
"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
“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
Consider the glassy-winged sharpshooter, which spreads a disease that kills grapevines.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 21, 2024
This insect-transmitted bacteria triggers diseases like Aster Yellows, significantly diminishing yields in leaf crops including oilseed rape, lettuce, carrots, grapevines, onions, and a variety of ornamental and vegetable crops worldwide.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 5, 2023
The son of Dionysus who’d gone down fighting an enemy half-blood was wrapped in a deep purple shroud embroidered with grapevines.
From "The Battle of the Labyrinth" by Rick Riordan
