leaf

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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

In addition to French green lentils, you’ll need a medium yellow onion, carrots, garlic, bay leaf, vegetable broth, diced cooked ham, olive oil, cracked black pepper, sea salt and za’atar.

From Salon • Feb. 20, 2026

“If I were Paramount ... I would view this as a tea leaf that there might be a little bit of an opening here, to the extent we were to be aggressive,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 11, 2026

By studying the hydrogen isotope makeup of plant leaf waxes preserved in the sediments, the researchers reconstructed rainfall patterns stretching back 800 years.

From Science Daily • Feb. 10, 2026

Razi picked up a banana leaf from the pile that was always on the side—cleaned and cut into squares for wrapping lunches.

From "The Boy Who Met a Whale" by Nizrana Farook