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lettuce

[let-is] / ˈlɛt ɪs /




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The government previously identified, external that "nutrients from outside the bay, run-off from streams that contain fertiliser and treated waste water from the water treatment works' all normally contribute to the growth of sea lettuce".

From BBC Aug. 17, 2026

Taylor Farms used the revision to push back on the idea that its lettuce had been definitively identified as the source; federal officials, though, maintained that the broader epidemiological and traceback evidence still pointed there.

From Salon Aug. 14, 2026

The Food and Drug administration traced an outbreak of cyclosporiasis, a parasite-born intestinal disease, to contaminated lettuce grown in Mexico by Salinas-based Taylor Fresh Foods that made its way to Taco Bell.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 13, 2026

The food-safety issues have included the nation’s largest-ever cyclospora outbreak, which was linked to shredded iceberg lettuce.

From MarketWatch Aug. 11, 2026

Sohrab squeezed my shoulder as he inhaled another piece of lettuce.

From "Darius the Great Is Not Okay" by Adib Khorram

Nowadays in the early mornings, farmers — many of them descendants of Xochimilco’s original inhabitants — can be seen loading canoes with lettuces and flowers grown in the rich sediments dredged from the canals.

From New York Times Dec. 5, 2023

I always have a ton of bell peppers, chiles and lettuces.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 15, 2023

This is the salad that the dressing needs to be properly so it's legitimately dispersed amongst the lettuces and croutons.

From Salon Sep. 9, 2023

We grow vegetables and fruit because it’s such a pleasure to step outside and clip lettuces or pluck plums.

From Seattle Times Jul. 15, 2023

I was going out for lettuces that morning and for some reason or other I’d decided to go alone.”

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams




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