fig
Example Sentences
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The backyard includes tiger fig trees, apple trees, and other edible plantings surrounding a swimming pool designed for year-round Southern California living.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 13, 2026
Add a dollop or two of fig jam.
From Salon ● Jul. 20, 2026
A wipe-out, without any straws to clutch at or fig leaves to hide behind.
From BBC ● Jul. 7, 2026
The United Arab Emirates pushed the U.N. resolution, proposed by Bahrain, to give hesitant states the fig leaf they might need to act.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 7, 2026
Then they would help the other person escape through the cellars of the castle, with some hard bread, a wheel of dried fig, some dried beef.
From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri
