posy
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Before being driven away from the airport, the Queen received a posy of flowers from young people.
From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2024
What if instead of staying in the tomb, she skedaddled with a posy to the Renaissance club scene in Paris and found a new love?
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 2023
Once, on the way to school in the second grade, I gathered a small posy of pinks for my teacher.
From Seattle Times ● May 14, 2022
All that weeding and planting, mulching and mowing leaves one too exhausted for any but the most enthralling books — such as those in this springtime posy of favorite recent titles.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 6, 2021
The wallpaper was floral too—a posy of three roses alternating with a snowflake design.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
Forget that box of bonbons or bouquet of posies.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 13, 2026
Her desk is full of posies, awards, family photos and framed magazine covers from science journals.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 16, 2019
Now we don’t mean you’re expected to go around like a pirouetting Pollyanna, tossing posies at everyone who passes by, but we do want to make a point.
From Salon ● Nov. 19, 2018
Yet with its mix of traditional tablecloths and fresh wild posies, the room couldn’t feel less pretentious, especially when a table spontaneously burst out in the traditional, emotional polyphonic village songs, as often happens.
From New York Times ● Feb. 16, 2017
“Human life isn’t all posies and roses. We’ll bring you drama!”
From "Landscape with Invisible Hand" by M.T. Anderson
