buttercup
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Well, buckle up, buttercup, because here you’ll find an assortment of day hikes and weekend camping ideas that will have you filing for vacation before you realize you’re typing an email to your boss.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 29, 2025
Dot, who’s called a “tiger” by a formidable foe, is a tiny woman with a cheerful smile and a reassuring voice who favors buttercup yellow and thrift store fashion.
From Salon ● Dec. 6, 2023
If you have to go out, mask up buttercup!
From Slate ● Jun. 7, 2023
The color of this silk rug coincides with the 55-pound buttercup yellow gown with a forever train that Guo designed for Rihanna to wear at the 2015 Met Gala.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 12, 2022
Before them lay an open field of long, lush grass dotted with buttercup and sorrel.
From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques
In the city surrounded by fields of buttercups, collapsed buildings and gutted shops follow one another, from bakeries to florists.
From Barron's ● Apr. 21, 2026
Before long it bloomed with poppies, buttercups and Queen Anne's lace.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 1, 2023
Before him, riverbank lupine, western buttercups and dozens of other native plants were providing habitat and food for various bees, butterflies, grasshoppers, songbirds and even an owl.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 9, 2022
The vivid yellow of buttercups peeked through the high grass on the towpath.
From New York Times ● Jul. 20, 2021
There was more, a table covered with dried pieces of moss and buttercups.
From "Nory Ryan’s Song" by Patricia Reilly Giff
