pollen

Example Sentences

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Honeybees rely on pollen as their main food source.

From Science Daily • Mar. 27, 2026

Three years after building their Memphis house, they admitted they were losing their battle against pollen, which unfailingly settled into the screened-in porch.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 7, 2026

Rising temperatures caused by climate change mean that the pollen season is extending.

From BBC • Mar. 4, 2026

Earlier studies on Rapa Nui relied on indicators such as pollen, plant remains, elemental chemistry, and how quickly sediments built up to infer past environmental changes.

From Science Daily • Feb. 10, 2026

He could barely look at her, afraid that on close scrutiny she might dissolve into sainthood and be blown like holy pollen into the sky.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols