sprout
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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 - named after the time male deer sprout new antlers - will rise on 29 July.
From BBC ● Jun. 28, 2026
When her first order, a kale and brussels sprout salad, arrived, she said she was shocked at how big it was.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 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
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"Bracken sprouts almost immediately because its rhizomes sit deep in the soil, so the burn layer wouldn't maybe have impacted those" she said.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
For the gardeners: At first, they look like unassuming sprouts.
From Slate ● Sep. 11, 2026
Everything Sprouts said Friday that it was recalling 5 oz. lidded plastic containers of alfalfa sprouts that were distributed after May 26.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 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
Decaying leaves clung fiercely to the floor among tiny green sprouts that aspired toward the world above.
From "Breadcrumbs" by Anne Ursu
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England will want to build on the green shoots of recovery that sprouted in Leeds.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
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
Domestic tourism and entertainment spending have increased as movie theaters and amusement parks, once banned, have sprouted across the country.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 6, 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
There’s something about calling out Brooklyn that makes you feel like you’ve grown a few inches, maybe sprouted some hairs on your chin, or an extra lump in your bicep.
From "As Brave As You" by Jason Reynolds
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Next to an upside-down garbage can improbably sprouting legs and a head and tinnily broadcasting “God Bless America” is a figure group modeled on the famous image of the flag-raising at Iwo Jima.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026
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
From a thick pile of dead leaves beneath a holly tree, Hazel looked down a narrow path lined on either side with fern and sprouting fireweed.
From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams
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