bud
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With each instructive and poetic chapter, she shows us how time used to be measured by birdsong and flower bud, the color of twilight and the wide wheel of stars.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
A pilot scheme designed to identify and nip potential health problems in the bud has been launched by the Isle of Man's public health directorate.
From BBC • Jan. 19, 2026
This is why a lot of Jews want to nip that rhetoric in the bud.
From Slate • Dec. 19, 2025
Years later, when it appeared their feud might be heating up again, the two NBA greats took to social media to nip that notion in the bud.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 14, 2025
The room smelled like her urine, like something hot and just starting to bud.
From "Feed" by M.T. Anderson
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