bud
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From there it opens up, like a flower bud warming to summer, with acoustic guitar strumming, a gentle rhythm section and a gospel choir echoing with otherworldly lightness.
From Salon ● Aug. 29, 2026
The conservatory posted that it might be a bud, meaning a flowering could come soon.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
It was nipped in the bud by the court, which weighed in to uphold a lower court's ruling.
From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2026
This is why a lot of Jews want to nip that rhetoric in the bud.
From Slate ● Dec. 19, 2025
He grabbed my hand for a palm grip, pulled me up out of my chair and did the bud hug thing.
From "Burning Blue" by Paul Griffin
AI identifies buds, flowers or fruit in that footage.
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026
For decades, food makers have relied on a proven playbook: cater to consumers’ taste buds with sugar, salt and a steadily expanding galaxy of flavors.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
When they hatch, the leaves they depend on are still sealed inside buds, leaving them with nothing to eat.
From Science Daily ● May 5, 2026
While most plants only had one flower with many buds yet to open up, some were in full bloom with the sweet fragrant scent only the lily can provide.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 30, 2025
The buds on a weeping spruce cascade over a small embankment—a little hint of life beneath the desiccated vines and leaves.
From "Love, Hate & Other Filters" by Samira Ahmed
Researchers also observed the archaeon producing chains of budded vesicles along with elaborate tube-like structures.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 3, 2026
“If your hemagglutinin is too sticky and your neuraminidase is too poor, you get stuck to the cell that you’ve just budded from,” Peacock says.
From Science Magazine ● Dec. 5, 2024
There are also “nine or so grafts and budded plants” Chris Trimmer who runs the site explains.
From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2024
This year, skip budded or blooming plants; give the gardener on your list a chubby bulb, and let them cultivate those impressive stalks crowned with showy trumpet blossoms.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 25, 2023
Everything was richly green: the color of newly budded leaves, of luminescent moss, of every possible shade of pine needle.
From "Huntress" by Malinda Lo
Going on hiatus to serve in the military is often a threat for budding careers in South Korea's fast-moving entertainment industry.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
The team hopes to win a Super Bowl by betting that its budding star can outscore just about anyone.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
A franchise that used to cycle through mostly forgettable quarterbacks and relied on suffocating defense now hopes to win a Super Bowl by betting that its budding star can outscore just about anyone.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
With a longstanding presence in London and a budding location in Tokyo’s Shibuya neighborhood, L.A. presented itself as the next natural evolution in the brand’s legacy, though many questioned the move.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
“Lexie, you sound like a budding reporter,” she said, rather sharply.
From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng
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