apricot
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Under good weather conditions, he said, a single apricot tree can yield up to 500 kilograms.
From Barron's ● Jul. 14, 2026
Bottle bio: Accented with peach, apricot, acacia, and floral notes, this sparkling variety hails from the cool-climate of California’s Anderson Valley.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 3, 2026
The apricot Cavapoo has not been seen since she slipped her collar after hearing a firework in October 2022.
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2025
A superstar in French cuisine, tonka has also made its fair share of cameos on “Bake Off,” notably in an apricot compote and a mascarpone cream paired with a ginger, fig and honey pudding.
From Salon ● Sep. 19, 2025
“Hmmm...it’s like a mix of rust and apricot with a yellow undertone.”
From "Monday's Not Coming" by Tiffany D. Jackson
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Cultivated for millennia, Armenia's famed apricots were known to ancient Romans as the "Armenian apple."
From Barron's ● Jul. 14, 2026
Coronation chicken sandwiches are made with dried apricots or sultanas, too.
From BBC ● Jun. 27, 2025
Imagine combining fresh apricot, apricot jam and dried apricots all in one dish for a sophisticated play on the same ingredient.
From Salon ● Mar. 19, 2025
But for long, long decades before, Santa Clara County was “the Valley of Heart’s Delight,” a bee-and-blossom Eden of fragrant fruit: cherries, apricots, and mostly plums for prunes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2024
She pushes a container of dried apricots toward me.
From "Zara’s Rules for Record-Breaking Fun" by Hena Khan
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