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Onstein added that the scientists also learned that spines and other plant defense structures had probably existed in the palmy vegetation prior to the extinction event.

From Salon ● May 3, 2022

It’d almost be easier to list the fast-food chains that did not begin in these palmy latitudes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 5, 2022

"So many players have weak, palmy grips and open clubfaces," says Tillery.

From Golf Digest ● Aug. 12, 2017

Then there is a particular subculture of largely wealthy and well-educated families, many living in palmy enclaves around Los Angeles and San Francisco, who are trying to carve out “all-natural” lives for their children.

From New York Times ● Jan. 30, 2015

This appealed to both the pleasure-loving Spaniards, and we drove into the palmy Plaza de San Fernando, where an array of military bands was serenading some civic dignitary.

From Spanish Highways and Byways by Katharine Lee Bates

In palmier times, the leader of the Wagner group, Yevgeny V. Prigozhin, appeared at a Russian cultural center in the capital of the Central African Republic, sitting with schoolchildren and promising them free laptops.

From New York Times ● Nov. 26, 2023

The hair is performance art, a palmier one day, a Medusa nest of towering curls the next.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 30, 2022

Farine Bakery & Cafe expands with a second Eastside location near Overlake Medical Center, serving tartines and baguette sandwiches from breads made in house along with croissants, palmier and brioche.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 15, 2022

Buttery, shatteringly crunchy and sugary, it tasted like a croissant and a palmier had teamed up to create a pastry fit for the gods.

From Salon ● Aug. 18, 2022

The fire and force of his personality seemed to make him irresistible, and can only be likened to the power displayed by Mr. Blaine in the House, in his later and palmier years.

From Political Recollections 1840 to 1872 by George W. Julian

In the days to come there would be the annual Christmas gathering of the Kennedy clan, with grandchildren galore, heaps of presents, and the palmiest weather that Florida could offer.

From Time Magazine Archive

As a guide to voters, France-Soir published a glossary of political terms that made the French campaign sound much like one in Boston's Ward 17 during Mayor James M. Curley's palmiest days.

From Time Magazine Archive

In all Washington's palmiest days of buck-passing, no such buck-passing had been seen as came now: steel was short, labor shirked, management mismanaged, Washington had failed to plan well.

From Time Magazine Archive

In the mid-1970s, aided by handouts from the oil-rich gulf states, Syria enjoyed its palmiest years ever.

From Time Magazine Archive

Uncle Peter was exalted to the seventh heaven of delight as he rode away, prouder than Solomon in his palmiest days.

From The Man from Jericho by Edwin Carlile Litsey