berry
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Instead of planting berry bushes out in the open, as is often done in the U.S., it decided to grow them in greenhouses using water systems that couldn’t be contaminated by nearby farms.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
Those include rival Rogue’s mango-flavored pouches and Velo’s wild berry and dragon fruit flavors.
From Barron's ● Jun. 30, 2026
In contrast, the low PPO mixed berry smoothie produced flavanol levels similar to the capsule control.
From Science Daily ● May 24, 2026
Spring has officially sprung here on the East Coast, meaning it’s almost time for one vegetable — or, rather, berry — to enjoy its peak season.
From Salon ● Apr. 6, 2026
Count Olaf, seeing how suspiciously Klaus was looking at the berries, smiled and plucked a berry out of Sunny’s bowl.
From "The Bad Beginning" by Lemony Snicket
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Researchers at King's College London found that urolithin A, which is produced in the body after eating foods including pomegranates, walnuts and some berries, can help the heart relax more effectively.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 28, 2026
While Yunnan’s climate is good for growing berries, with sunny days followed by cool evenings, soil quality is often poor.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
Most traditional foodstuffs, such as nuts or zereshk -- small red berries used in Persian cuisine -- remain available, however.
From Barron's ● Sep. 13, 2026
He's already been out in his kayak to catch fish, he's been foraging for mushrooms and berries, and he's enjoyed vegetables from his neighbour's croft.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026
They scrounged for termites, picked berries, dug for roots, stalked rabbits and hunted bison and mammoth.
From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari
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The floral arrangements used “English foliage — holly, berried ivy and red skimmia,” and the tree was to be recycled to be viewed by holiday visitors to Windsor.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 25, 2022
In fall, masses of winter pansies, ornamental kale and berried shrubs replace tender plantings in the massive window box and containers, while the trim boxwood hedges and clipped hollies carry the show throughout winter.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 27, 2021
I knose whah de old Deatherage graveyard is, too, up close to Stoneville whah sum Daltons is berried.
From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves, North Carolina Narratives, Part 1 by Various
She began to take a pride in making the cabin as comfortable as circumstances would allow, even going to the trouble of seeking berried evergreens in the woods and transforming these into table decoration.
From Colorado Jim by George Goodchild
In her arms she carried a cluster—a bundle almost—of ferns and autumnal branches—cedar and black-alder, the one berried with blue the other with coral, maple and aromatic spruce, with trails of the grape vine.
From Lady Good-for-Nothing by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
They spoke most of the weather, and mentioned fishing, berrying and hunting as often as art.
From Time Magazine Archive
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I’m beginning to think she’s gone fishing or berrying and will not return until dusk.
From "On the Far Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
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Of course, I’m not going to follow her, although it would be easier than playing On the Track, the game we made up when went berrying or food gathering.
From "On the Far Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
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Joe and Marly did so much berrying, what with strawberries and then red raspberries and then blackberries, that Joe said he was absolutely berried-out.
From "Miracles on Maple Hill" by Virginia Sorensen
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I meant to suggest that we go berrying this morning, but now we’ve got to wait till after dinner.
From Peggy Raymond's Vacation or Friendly Terrace Transplanted by Harriet L.
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