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bud

[buhd] / bʌd /




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"It needs to be nipped in the bud because today's petty thief is tomorrow's bank robber," he says.

From BBC • May 1, 2026

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

This is why a lot of Jews want to nip that rhetoric in the bud.

From Slate • Dec. 19, 2025

When the bloom begins, it starts as a massive green bud and grows fast.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 21, 2025

“We have to make sure that these trees are packed above the bud union, right here.”

From "Tangerine" by Edward Bloor




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