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
Again, no one knows for sure, but the grapevine says that Mercedes are ahead.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2025
I half circled the Licks till I had the breeze moving across them toward me and took cover under a wild grapevine that hung low out of the top of a gnarled oak.
From "Old Yeller" by Fred Gipson
Just 50 miles from the thriving Somerset grapevines, Phil Collins shows me a much sadder sight.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026
"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
The same invasive insect was found to have infested grapevines sold at select Northern California Costco warehouses earlier this year, also triggering a major response to try to limit the insect’s impact.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 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
The light filtering through the grapevines made shadows writhe across the ground like a swarm of bugs.
From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan
