sprout
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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
Potato flatbread with spruce sprout pesto and pickled white currant.
From Salon • Mar. 8, 2026
"Some branches would die off, and others would sprout up," he said.
From Barron's • Mar. 8, 2026
He’s long been interested in the mushrooms that sprout on the front lawn of his San Clemente home, but he’s always been too timid to pick any.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 8, 2026
“All right,” said Malcolm, finding the sharpest knife in the drawer and pulling several sprout stalks across the table in the pale February sunlight.
From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman
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