olive
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The couple made their entrance — arm in arm — with Sonenshein in a tea-length, corseted gown and Vahle in a bespoke suit the shade of a Liguria olive.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 28, 2026
The museum dismissed Ittai's concerns, even though one of the dealers - after conversations with Gradel - returned an olive green gemstone he had bought on eBay.
From BBC • Apr. 28, 2026
Stir it with lemon juice, garlic, olive oil and a lot of salt and pepper, and you have a dip that works with vegetables, chips, roasted potatoes—anything, really.
From Salon • Apr. 28, 2026
Mixing chopped garlic with olive oil also maintains its natural hue.
From Salon • Apr. 19, 2026
Now she was moving away to a land she knew little of, except the skillet of olive oil with crumbles of garlic and pine nuts browning on the stove.
From "Habibi" by Naomi Shihab Nye
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