green
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Nasdaq futures were in the green, though software stocks failed to pare back significantly the last session’s sharp losses in premarket trade.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
Calls are put into categories - purple and red as the most urgent, orange for things like heart attacks and strokes, then yellow and green for lower priority calls.
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026
The new fab is Kioxia's second facility in the green outskirts of the city of Kitakami, an area with several other big factories.
From Barron's ● Jul. 15, 2026
In previous years, Ruiz and Kindelán said they would have headed for the U.S., where Cubans have long enjoyed a fast-track to a green card.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
Legendary stood out in yellow, while the rest of the words buzzed in green, all against a black backdrop.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
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And even if you have recovered, throw out any leafy greens or other foods that may have caused your illness.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 14, 2026
Rahele Jomepour Bell’s deft use of acrylic paint and soft pastels evokes a world of hazy tranquility, a palette of greens, golds and oranges imbuing each page with a palpable warmth.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
“The greens haven’t been too firm, the fairways haven’t been too firm, so I’ve really felt like it’s pretty scorable,” said Stevens, who had only his second sub-70 round in his fourth U.S.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 18, 2026
World number one Scottie Scheffler found greens and birdies hard to come by as his bid to become the seventh player in history to complete the career Grand Slam got under way.
From BBC ● Jun. 18, 2026
Cultivating a large garden, too, was difficult work—stooping over long rows of peas or collard greens, or keeping the rabbits or deer from eating your food.
From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson
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"The benefits of nature should be for everyone and we are committed to making this the reality as we build a greener, healthier and more resilient London for everyone," he added.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
“You get good healthcare, nice leisurely lunches, it’s a different way of life,” he said, “It’s not that the grass is always greener, these are just facts.”
From Barron's ● Jun. 7, 2026
Ancient rivers crossed a greener environment, feeding shallow lakes that grew and shrank over time.
From Science Daily ● May 16, 2026
“This is about building a city that works for people today without compromising the future—a greener, more just New York for all.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 8, 2026
It was a fine morning for hunting, with the air still and the rising sun shining bright on the tall green grass and the greener leaves of the timber.
From "Old Yeller" by Fred Gipson
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It ranges from the greenest to the dirtiest, from established technologies to speculative ones, and even includes companies that play tangential roles in the sector.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 24, 2025
That means the greenest new building is one that’s in the center of town.
From Slate ● Jun. 3, 2025
Despite the greenest possible light, at least one of his 93 NBA field-goal attempts have had to cross Knecht’s “crazy or something like that” threshold, right?
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 17, 2024
A code, which if cracked, could make the country one of the greenest producers of the metal.
From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2024
“There’s a guy in my first period who’s really cute. He has the greenest eyes and he makes everyone laugh all the time.”
From "A Good Kind of Trouble" by Lisa Moore Ramée
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The persistent heat will dry out vegetation and increase the chance of fires in grass-dominated areas that greened up after the plentiful rains this winter.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 12, 2026
Secrets of photosynthesis have been discovered at atomic level, shedding important new light on this plant super-power that greened the earth more than a billion years ago.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 4, 2024
Residents began using the newly greened streets as a pedestrian corridor that allowed them to interact more with their neighbors.
From National Geographic ● Oct. 9, 2023
In a randomized controlled trial, our team found that people living near newly greened spaces reported feeling less depressed than those who did not.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 9, 2021
Week after week, I returned to Iowa, watching through the plane window as the seasons changed, as the earth slowly greened and the soybean and corn crops grew in ruler-straight lines.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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So experts said countries across the region should further insulate energy systems against more frequent disruptive weather events by diversifying and greening their grids.
From Barron's ● May 5, 2026
Her priorities have included early education expansion, school greening improvements, literacy through phonics training, protecting immigrant students and focusing more budget resources on the highest-need schools.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 30, 2026
There was citrus canker, a viral infection that had plagued citrus for years prior to the arrival of greening.
From Slate ● Apr. 20, 2026
However the pumpkins got there, it was an uplifting sight, as was the greening of the mountains and foothills just up the way.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 17, 2025
I did not return to the merry-go-round until the snow was gone and the grass was greening among the stumps.
From "Milkweed" by Jerry Spinelli
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