nourishment
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The result is what Polyakov calls an “intimate symbiosis” that can help Joshua trees growing in dry desert soils reach pockets of nourishment that their roots alone would struggle to access, she said.
From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026
Xu praised the Chinese government and said "nourishment" from Guangdong has been "inseparable" from Shein's success.
From BBC • Feb. 24, 2026
But they also “triggered an explosion of creativity. Music served as an individual and collective strategy of resistance, producing mental and spiritual nourishment no less indispensable than food.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 9, 2026
Francis always denounced such ploys, saying that Communion was not a reward for perfect behavior but a kind of spiritual nourishment for everyone, including sinners.
From Slate • Oct. 2, 2025
The only nourishment she got was from the IV tube sticking into her arm.
From "Small Steps" by Louis Sachar
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