sprout

Most land plants sprout leaves, which include evergreen needles and blades of grass.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

Sometimes the seeds of discontent get planted early, only to sprout with the turn of the seasons.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 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

And whenever those twin poisonous flowers began to sprout in the parched land of that field, Mariam uprooted them.

From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini

I especially love how it mingles with non-meat dishes, like root vegetables or beet salads, and have put it to the test with notoriously hard-to-pair ingredients like Brussels sprouts and artichokes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026

For the gardeners: At first, they look like unassuming sprouts.

From Slate ● Sep. 11, 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

This put him in a foul mood, for the beets’ first tender sprouts had been nipped by the snowfall.

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood

England will want to build on the green shoots of recovery that sprouted in Leeds.

From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026

Other factories sprouted, making such products as door hinges and coffee pots.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 6, 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

She was in elementary school when the war began, and Los Angeles sprouted factories for the war effort and, as we would soon learn, a manufacturer of ugly air.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 26, 2026

I thought sure that he had sprouted wings and was flying away.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls

Dozens of the black and blue pillars have been sprayed since they began sprouting earlier this year.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026

It will take about a year before we see the tips of the trees sprouting through the plastic tubes, however, it will be at least 100 years before the trees are properly grown.

From BBC ● May 25, 2026

The National Park Service sees planting as insurance against the uneven distribution and high mortality of the naturally sprouting trees.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 13, 2026

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

From Science Daily ● Mar. 7, 2026

Her legs looked like they were tangled in vines, but then I realized they were sprouting snakes, hundreds of vipers darting around, constantly looking for something to bite.

From "The Battle of the Labyrinth" by Rick Riordan