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, which was named after the time male deer sprout new antlers, will rise on 29 July.
From BBC ● Jun. 29, 2026
Potato flatbread with spruce sprout pesto and pickled white currant.
From Salon ● Mar. 8, 2026
Vauxhall, 150 miles southeast of Calgary, calls itself the “Potato Capital of the West,” but its spud fields whiff of petroleum because they also sprout oil derricks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 14, 2026
He threw a leg around to the other side of the beanstalk, quickly located a sprout that hopefully would support his weight, and stepped down.
From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley
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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
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday urged consumers not to eat alfalfa sprouts grown by Everything Sprouts and sold under the Calco and Everything Sprouts brands.
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
As the first bean sprouts grew larger, more and more popped up through the sand, each one inching up toward the sky.
From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley
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England will want to build on the green shoots of recovery that sprouted in Leeds.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
Fans marched to last Thursday’s afternoon game with Qatar wearing Canadian flags draped over their shoulders and headdresses that sprouted small maple leafs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 23, 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
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
I look around like my room will have sprouted a clock.
From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron
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Dozens of the black and blue pillars have been sprayed since they began sprouting earlier this year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
Visitors can expect yellows and splashes of orange, with more flowers sprouting every day.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 10, 2026
Images of seabirds, fish, and sprouting maize appear together on textiles, ceramics, pottery, wall carvings and paintings.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 7, 2026
"The seeds are sprouting and the harvest is coming," Hichilema said, touting a planned nationwide geological survey to map untapped deposits.
From Barron's ● Feb. 15, 2026
The nobleman had wings of wiry red-black hair sprouting from his temples.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
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