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
Here, inside of a tightly symmetrical structure, Giotto places the followers of Jesus speaking in tongues—flames sprout from their heads—while onlookers, separated by a low wall, view the scene with bafflement.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 11, 2026
The cinema is a place where new ideas sprout and beliefs are forged.
From Salon ● Apr. 9, 2026
Glass-and-steel buildings seem to sprout up like weeds each week.
From "The World Is Flat" by Thomas L. Friedman
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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
I like the chickpea farro bowl with Brussels sprouts and tempeh.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 12, 2026
There is no shortage of access to Brussels sprouts; people simply prefer to eat the wrong things.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 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
They were standing alone at the Burrow’s kitchen sink, peeling a mountain of sprouts for Mrs. Weasley.
From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling
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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
Others have flocked to civil-defense groups, which have sprouted up in cities around Taiwan in recent years.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 19, 2026
Posters and murals featuring his beatific brown face sprouted across Mexican American communities.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 17, 2026
And he also sprouted up to 6-foot-7, which didn’t hurt.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 11, 2026
A burst of darkness momentarily eclipsed the steady luminance of the lanterns, and suddenly, in the midst of where all the imps were focusing their attention, a new human-sized imp sprouted up.
From "Fablehaven" by Brandon Mull
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The central stalk, called a spadix, can grow above caretakers’ heads just weeks after first sprouting above the soil.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 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
She saw us sprouting wings, flying up and away.
From "Before We Were Free" by Julia Alvarez
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