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plum

[pluhm] / plʌm /


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Choose whatever farmers market flavor is calling to you—apricot, sour cherry, blackberry and red plum would all be excellent this time of year.

From Salon Jul. 20, 2026

We had a grapefruit tree and a plum tree, and a dirt yard.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 2, 2026

Mejia has secured a plum role in the high-stakes legal battle over homelessness, at a moment of intense scrutiny over city homelessness programs.

From Los Angeles Times May 1, 2026

He had a plum seat on the Intelligence Committee and was a co-chair of the Steering Committee, which decides committee assignments for the caucus.

From Slate Apr. 18, 2026

“Master,” he panted, and held out his offering—two branches of flowering plum.

From "A Single Shard" by Linda Sue Park

Products that will benefit include some types of Calvados and cider from Normandy, Crémant d'Alsace fizzy wine, lamb from Poitou-Charentes, and Reine-Claude plums.

From BBC Aug. 27, 2026

Thanks to a Philippines-Mexico connection, coconut shows up in sweet and savory recipes: ceviche with poached shrimp, coconut limonada and coconut raspado with jammy plums.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 24, 2026

Adding foods like blueberries, plums, blackberries, broad beans, and cherries to your daily diet, especially when paired with green tea, could be a simple way to support heart health, according to new research.

From Science Daily Jun. 19, 2026

Berries, peaches, cherries, plums — anything that can be washed at home and eaten out of hand.

From Salon Jun. 18, 2026

There were fresh peaches and plums and white bread with sweet cream butter.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss

Pillow Block, Plummer Block, or Pedestal.—The ordinary form of plummer block is represented in fig.

From An Introduction to Machine Drawing and Design by David Allan Low

A.--The trunnion plummer blocks are formed in the same manner as the crank shaft plummer blocks; the nuts are kept from turning back by means of a pinching screw passing through a stationary washer.

From A Catechism of the Steam Engine by John Bourne, C.E.

The plummer was hear twice yisterday and the cutworms is awfle.

From The Romance of an Old Fool by Roswell Martin Field

About 6 ft. of shafting is coupled on in line with the motor shaft, and an extra plummer block fixed at the end.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 711, August 17, 1889 by Various

The plummer block for receiving the thrust of the shaft is shown in fig.

From A Catechism of the Steam Engine by John Bourne, C.E.

For women and not a few drag queens, Blanche is considered one of the plummest roles in all of show business, though its psychological complexities can prove debilitating.

From New York Times Apr. 2, 2023

Now, Christie is the keynote speaker at the Republican National Convention, the plummest of plum speaking gigs and a testament to how quickly he has risen in the GOP firmament.

From Washington Post Aug. 26, 2012




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