pine

Mr. Flanagan’s placing “Carrie” in today’s youth culture makes us pine for the days when Betty Buckley could simply banish Nancy Allen from the school dance.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

A menu, she argued, should not require cooks to spend 18 hours peeling pine nuts simply because the chef wants to demonstrate technical skill.

From Salon ● Sep. 27, 2026

A room that smells like citrus, pine, or flowers is often associated with cleanliness.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 26, 2026

"The greys are a little bit stupid and will say 'hello, I haven't seen you before' and the pine marten will get them!"

From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026

Just as I reached him, he picked himself up and clung to a pine sapling like it was Aunt Goldie.

From Each Little Bird That Sings by Deborah Wiles

She stopped in the middle of the woods during a walk, looked with disapproval at my light jacket, and threw her hands up in mock confusion, surveying the snow-encrusted pines.

From Salon ● Sep. 19, 2026

The area around present-day Shangri-La began to grow rich as Drolma’s family and other ethnic Tibetans jumped into harvesting the mushrooms, which grow naturally on the oaks and pines of the Eastern Himalayas.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026

More than 24,000 Torrey pines were recorded on Santa Rosa in the most recent survey in 2014, the park service said, including 3,000 mature, cone-producing trees.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026

Maurin didn’t have insurance for his pines, having tried to hedge his risk over the years by purchasing plots in different parts of the forest.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026

All was still and silent except for a quick, high movement of a monkey tail disappearing in the shadow of the pines.

From "When the Sea Turned to Silver" by Grace Lin

But there’s one confection I’ve pined for, one tied to the memory of my mother.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 4, 2026

"Please tell me she's real," pined one on Threads.

From BBC ● Jan. 16, 2026

Yet, there is one thing that Manilow has always pined for and now inspires some irrational fears: a Broadway show.

From New York Times ● Nov. 7, 2023

Latino representation is something long pined for in South Los Angeles, the historical heart of Black L.A. that is now nearly two-thirds Latino.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2023

I pined in my heart to be in a dark theater with popcorn and larger-than-life actors on the screen in the latest hit movie.

From "March Forward, Girl" by Melba Pattillo Beals

“I wanted her to let Marty have his thing. Deborah wasn’t pining for Marty. She wasn’t hoping it was her at the altar. She was there to support her friend and his choice.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026

In Lagos, Itoro is still pining for his family.

From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026

The lack of a son’s POV makes Boy Mom pining both performative and disturbingly real.

From Salon ● Jun. 4, 2026

By all accounts, investors are pining for shares.

From Barron's ● May 22, 2026

And an indication that I was pining for the high times we had had in the big city.

From "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou