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sprout

[sprout] / spraʊt /


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Recalling where certain plants sprout first in the spring can help hungry animals find important nutrients.

From Science Daily Jul. 29, 2026

The Buck Moon, which was named after the time male deer sprout new antlers, will rise on 29 July.

From BBC Jun. 29, 2026

The cinema is a place where new ideas sprout and beliefs are forged.

From Salon Apr. 9, 2026

California’s deserts are bursting with color as strong wildflower displays sprout across the fields of Southern California.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 10, 2026

Even if Nine had been selling the mushrooms with the promise that they’d make toads sprout wings, it wouldn’t matter; for soon, Clare would be gone, Nine’s little mushroom business along with him.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman

Of 37 vegetable categories NielsenIQ tracked, 28 showed sales declines over the same period, including carrots, cauliflower, spinach and brussels sprouts.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 31, 2026

The fields of Eshtiwi show only the first faint signs of growth in June, with small green sprouts emerging around the village.

From Barron's Jul. 1, 2026

Like every year, Tehran’s Tajrish Square was crammed with stalls piled high with hyacinth, garlic and sprouts, while some featured mini-pools holding tiny goldfish, all traditional elements of the haft-sin.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 24, 2026

One example is a multipaneled sketch that shows what happens when you drop a seed and watch it grow in stages, first when it sprouts and then when leaves come out.

From MarketWatch Mar. 16, 2026

Determined to finish quickly, I rip off the tails of the bean sprouts as fast as I can.

From "Finding Junie Kim" by Ellen Oh

Surveillance software sprouted in every cranny of the ballpark, first in service of providing more data for teams and front offices to pore over, then as fuel for ever more esoteric betting propositions.

From Salon Apr. 13, 2026

A home-construction boom sprouted across America in the roaring 1920s.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 5, 2026

She was in elementary school when the war began, and Los Angeles sprouted factories for the war effort and, as we would soon learn, a manufacturer of ugly air.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 26, 2026

The AI boom has brought huge profits for tech giants and sprouted many startups worldwide, but the bubble could pop if the frenzied excitement loses momentum.

From Barron's Feb. 18, 2026

She felt the worth of it, and a bit of boldness sprouted up in her.

From "Out of Darkness" by Ashley Hope Pérez

It will take about a year before we see the tips of the trees sprouting through the plastic tubes, however, it will be at least 100 years before the trees are properly grown.

From BBC May 25, 2026

The National Park Service sees planting as insurance against the uneven distribution and high mortality of the naturally sprouting trees.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 13, 2026

Images of seabirds, fish, and sprouting maize appear together on textiles, ceramics, pottery, wall carvings and paintings.

From Science Daily Mar. 7, 2026

Only raccoons are said to live in the Karlshorst buildings and birch saplings are sprouting out of a balcony.

From Barron's Feb. 8, 2026

Captain Black laughed, his bleary eyes narrow with fatigue and his peaked, sharp face sprouting as usual with a sparse reddish-blond stubble.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller




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