fig

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“This is just a fig leaf to deflect from criticism,” Ocasio-Cortez posted on X External link in response to Kalshi’s new measures.

From Barron's • Mar. 25, 2026

Chips, cookies, gluten-free fig bars and other snacks are available for the taking on other counters.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 4, 2026

It’s a defense of winter salads and includes several recipes, like one for a celery and radish salad with fig vinaigrette and another for a citrus salad with green olives, burrata and honey-roasted pistachios.

From Salon • Feb. 7, 2026

The fruits that chimps consume most frequently at each site, a fig called Ficus musuco at Ngogo and the plum like fruit of the evergreen Parinari excelsa at Taï, were also the most alcohol rich.

From Science Daily • Dec. 1, 2025

He could climb up and down the genealogical tree of Nabi Samuel the way my brothers and I climbed the fig tree next to our house.

From "Tasting the Sky" by Ibtisam Barakat