picnic

Example Sentences

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It is a holiday of contradictions: solemn duty mixed with a picnic spirit.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026

On an embroidered picnic laid out on the grass, a group of friends chatted over tea as food simmered gently on a gas stove.

From Barron's • Apr. 2, 2026

Small-caps are no picnic either, with more than 40% of companies in the Russell 2000 being unprofitable, including lots of biotechs that require expertise to vet.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

And going to a picnic is about social connection and doing something in real life.

From BBC • Mar. 28, 2026

I take a few hard blinks, and the picnic vision fades away from my mind.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer