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sprout

[sprout] / spraʊt /


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Eighty years of students coming through the halls of Dorsey watched the small seedling sprout into a towering, beautiful beast.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 9, 2026

Recalling where certain plants sprout first in the spring can help hungry animals find important nutrients.

From Science Daily Jul. 29, 2026

The Buck Moon - named after the time male deer sprout new antlers - will rise on 29 July.

From BBC Jun. 28, 2026

The cinema is a place where new ideas sprout and beliefs are forged.

From Salon Apr. 9, 2026

When there was rain and sun in proportion so that the seed would sprout in the land and the stalk bear grain, he did not consider himself poor.

From "The Good Earth" by Pearl S. Buck

Inside more than a dozen North American plants, some 20,000 employees run machines that cut, wash and package raw vegetables like cauliflower and Brussels sprouts, or assemble veggie snack kits.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 18, 2026

The fields of Eshtiwi show only the first faint signs of growth in June, with small green sprouts emerging around the village.

From Barron's Jul. 1, 2026

I like the chickpea farro bowl with Brussels sprouts and tempeh.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 12, 2026

One example is a multipaneled sketch that shows what happens when you drop a seed and watch it grow in stages, first when it sprouts and then when leaves come out.

From MarketWatch Mar. 16, 2026

I let it bubble, then drop the whole carton of bean sprouts.

From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri

In the shade beneath the fading giant, a seedling had sprouted.

From Los Angeles Times May 19, 2026

American enclaves sprouted across Germany in areas occupied by U.S. forces after World War II, shaping the society around them for several generations.

From The Wall Street Journal May 15, 2026

Surveillance software sprouted in every cranny of the ballpark, first in service of providing more data for teams and front offices to pore over, then as fuel for ever more esoteric betting propositions.

From Salon Apr. 13, 2026

Posters and murals featuring his beatific brown face sprouted across Mexican American communities.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 17, 2026

A good idea sprouted in Benji’s brain, along with the ridiculous ideas.

From "Millionaires for the Month" by Stacey McAnulty

The central stalk, called a spadix, can grow above caretakers’ heads just weeks after first sprouting above the soil.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 10, 2026

This struggle is exactly why so many social clubs have been sprouting up in L.A. over the last few years.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 23, 2026

Images of seabirds, fish, and sprouting maize appear together on textiles, ceramics, pottery, wall carvings and paintings.

From Science Daily Mar. 7, 2026

Only raccoons are said to live in the Karlshorst buildings and birch saplings are sprouting out of a balcony.

From Barron's Feb. 8, 2026

I looked at the dark hair sprouting in bushes along his fingers.

From "The Bridge Home" by Padma Venkatraman




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