autumn
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Diesel prices have remained high even at times when crude oil has pulled back during truces in the U.S.-Iran conflict, threatening to further raise transportation costs in the autumn.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
The DfT figures were based on passenger counts taken on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays between September and December 2025, and represent travel on a typical autumn weekday.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he planned to attend the UN General Assembly in New York City this autumn, despite the city's mayor, Zohran Mamdani, making threats to arrest him.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
Fora's Jonna Robertson, for her part, is counting on a seasonal redistribution, with trips to hotter countries taking place in spring or autumn, in order to avoid both overtourism and exhausting temperatures.
From Barron's ● Jul. 26, 2026
The days dragged slowly on, growing shorter as autumn set in.
From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong
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The Russian leader also used a Chinese idiom to express to Xi how much he had missed him: “A day without you feels like three autumns have passed.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 20, 2026
Tehran, located on the southern slopes of the Alborz Mountains, experiences hot, dry summers, sometimes rainy autumns and winters that can be harsh and snowy.
From Barron's ● Dec. 24, 2025
The findings point to warmer autumns as a key driver of the shift.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 21, 2025
Just an hour and a half from Los Angeles there’s a mountain community where there are actual seasons: Warm summers, crisp autumns, snowy winters and resplendent springs complete with daffodils all around.
From Salon ● Sep. 14, 2024
No raindrop falls in the storms of autumn that ever fell before, and the rain has fallen, and falls, and will fall throughout all the autumns of the years.
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
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Vocabulary lists containing autumn
Figurative Language in King's "I Have a Dream" Speech (1963)
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Cormac McCarthy's "The Road"
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