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bouquet

[boh-kay, boo-, boo-kay, boh-] / boʊˈkeɪ, bu-, buˈkeɪ, boʊ- /




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At a portrait of Yevgeni Postel, a 25-year-old student, his mother laid a bouquet of flowers and broke down sobbing.

From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026

Minutes later, a grateful customer gave her a bouquet of pink peonies.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026

A bottle of shampoo, cold medicine, a bouquet, a midnight snack, or even diapers can now arrive at an apartment door in roughly the time it takes to watch a sitcom.

From Barron's ● May 23, 2026

Labour MSPs had their traditional red rose, Reform UK a Scottish heather, the Greens what appeared to be a fuchsia pink gerbera and the Liberal Democrats a mini-mixed bouquet.

From BBC ● May 14, 2026

With great composure—much more than I’d shown—Kyla laid her bouquet delicately at the edge of her podium and climbed onto my podium with me.

From "Courage to Soar" by Simone Biles

The arrests, carried out in collaboration with the police, followed a tip-off that led to a swoop on the suspects, all women, accused of selling the bouquets in different parts of the capital, Accra.

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026

Gao and his bride-to-be, Dong Peipei, lined up in Nanjing to complete their official paperwork alongside other couples toting selfie sticks, bouquets and even pets.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026

Meanwhile, masked flower bearers started to appear, gravitating towards the scene of the incident and laying vibrant bouquets at the base of what has now been dubbed the Justice Tree.

From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2026

Since the crash, he said, his hospital room has been filled with people — and giant bouquets of flowers — supporting him in his recovery.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 30, 2026

Anything more wheedlesome than that touching appeal was seldom heard, but Jo quenched ‘her boy’ by turning on him with a stern query, “How many bouquets have you sent Miss Randal this week?”

From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott




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