autumn
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Every autumn, an elite group of 3,000 business travelers flies halfway around the world for an event with millions of dollars on the line.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026
Long-range forecasts for the autumn overall suggest an increased likelihood of wetter and warmer-than-average weather, partly due to the strong El Niño that continues to develop across the Pacific.
From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026
Booths were adorned with strings of dried red peppers -- the raw ingredient used to make paprika -- recalling a sight once common on houses in the surrounding countryside every autumn.
From Barron's ● Oct. 4, 2026
Currently, autumn clothing bundles are in demand, but volunteers have already started putting together a Christmas box of festive clothing, blankets, and shoes.
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026
The hot autumn winds, the ones we called “Dragon Sighs,” were blowing with more force than in years past.
From "Willodeen" by Katherine Applegate
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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
One wonders how long the USC deep-pocketed people will endure such failed expectations, such fruitless autumns, such ... mediocrity.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 22, 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
Summers at seal camp were not as beautiful to Miyax as the autumns and winters, for during this season many families from Mekoryuk came to Nash Harbor to hunt and fish and Kapugen was busy.
From "Julie of the Wolves" by Jean Craighead George
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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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