fledgling

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But as trading relationships began opening back up through the first half of the decade, fledgling pistachio growers in the U.S. took issue with the volume and low price of Iranian pistachio imports.

From Salon • May 6, 2026

In Tamil Nadu, MK Stalin's DMK government was swept aside by actor-turned-politician Vijay and his fledgling TVK party, marking the dramatic return of film-star politics to the state.

From BBC • May 4, 2026

Then, just a year later, Jack Dorsey hired her as the chief financial officer of Square, a fledgling payments startup with only a few hundred employees.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 2, 2026

Tools for Self Reliance, based in Netley Marsh, Hampshire, collects and refurbishes equipment no longer needed in the UK and sends it abroad to help fledgling businesses.

From BBC • Apr. 22, 2026

Chup, who was soaring under the purple-blue cloud bottoms, saw Frightful with the fledgling and flew down to his dead limb.

From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George