spruce

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Here are seven ways to spruce up your favorite chia seed recipes:

From Salon • Mar. 31, 2026

The researchers found that beetles feeding on spruce trees absorb defensive compounds from the phloem, especially phenolic glycosides such as stilbenes and flavonoids.

From Science Daily • Jan. 1, 2026

Greg Werkheiser, one of the lawyers who filed the lawsuit, said nothing is wrong with wanting to spruce up federal buildings, but there are proper ways to preserve historic structures, especially those made of granite.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 16, 2025

Yet for investors considering any last-minute “window dressing” to spruce up their portfolios before liquidity tends to dry up during the year-end holiday period, Sutherland of Schroders said that’s not a good idea.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 14, 2025

Tired though he was, he climbed a spruce tree and found some spruce gum.

From "Stuart Little" by E.B. White