autumn
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During one fevered bout of leadership speculation last autumn, Streeting was forced to deny suggestions from the prime minister's allies he was planning to move against him the wake of November's Budget.
From BBC • May 13, 2026
I scraped the whole mixture into my mini blender with a splash of water and blitzed it into a deep orange paste the color of late autumn leaves or a very expensive velvet couch.
From Salon • May 12, 2026
In the autumn of 1939, Igor Stravinsky stepped onto a stage at Harvard—not to conduct, but to talk.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2026
Today, the high ground is thick with pine and fir trees, and with maples whose leaves turn to glory when autumn comes.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 24, 2000
Before long, the coming and going of delighted geese was just another part of the robot’s autumn routine.
From "The Wild Robot Escapes" by Peter Brown
Vocabulary lists containing autumn
Figurative Language in King's "I Have a Dream" Speech (1963)
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The Silent Treatment: Words Plagued by Silent Letters
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Cormac McCarthy's "The Road"
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