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blossom

[blos-uhm] / ˈblɒs əm /






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This ageworthy bottling delivers big acidity, with notes of lime zest, white blossom, tangerine and grilled lemon.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026

"We may be rooted in different realities, but together we rise through cooperation and blossom for humanity," he said.

From Barron's ● Sep. 13, 2026

AI software can identify each open blossom and direct a robotic arm — or a worker — to release pollen with the precision needed to avoid deformed fruit.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026

"There's a lack of understanding on how they should behave... on how they could help their child to blossom into the athlete that they should become."

From BBC ● Jun. 26, 2026

It was pure gold, exquisitely fashioned in the shape of a lotus blossom.

From "The Golden Goblet" by Eloise Jarvis McGraw

When Susie pitched it to me, I didn’t even realize how perfect it was: A prunus vase is usually what they put plum blossoms in, and meiping means beautiful plum vase.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 2026

"My horse is a therapist for this other little horse now. Every day he blossoms."

From BBC ● Jun. 14, 2026

With G&T, dinners showcase Dorset’s homegrown ingredients at their best: delicate hand-dived scallops from Lyme Bay, organic salads scattered with edible flowers, puddings as light as cherry blossoms.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 11, 2026

Against a backdrop of blooming cherry blossoms, a group of geishas elegantly shuffle onto a stage in Japan's Kyoto city to begin a centuries-old performance celebrating the arrival of spring.

From Barron's ● Apr. 3, 2026

A hundred blossoms grew up from the roots, and the fragrance was very sweet.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton

And their romance blossomed in the same place their friendship had years earlier.

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026

A notion that blossomed from an idealistic vision was Martinized into a cult-like excursion for the privileged.

From Salon ● Jul. 24, 2026

Goosebumps blossomed on my skin as Mexico’s head coach Javier Aguirre, he of a stern face and gray haircut worthy of a drill sergeant, beamed while singing.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 25, 2026

Henderson blossomed in six years under the tutelage of Carlisle's coaching staff and Manchester United signed him in 2015 at the age of 14.

From BBC ● Jun. 21, 2026

It began to appear in films and television commercials, and from there its profile built and grew and blossomed.

From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell

What begins as an honest account of modern life’s bleak state is distorted alongside Berlant’s malleable expressions, slowly blossoming into something life-affirming, like a diamond among the rubble.

From Salon ● Oct. 16, 2026

Fears that biopiracy might take a chunk out of the blossoming market, meanwhile, have prompted the government to announce a ban on the export of the raw form of the yam.

From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 2026

Hunter Bell is blossoming later in her career.

From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026

The blossoming love affair between American fans and global soccer has not gone unrequited.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026

Finally, I came to a little cottage with flowers blossoming along the hedge and a stone path that led to a door painted bright red.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff


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