virgin

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Also, there are still several ships at sea carrying inventory from before the war, meaning cheap virgin supplies are still making their way to processors.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026

Over a two-year period, as part of the PREDIMED-Plus project, scientists tracked participants' diets, including their intake of virgin and refined olive oil, along with detailed analyses of their gut microbiota.

From Science Daily • Apr. 18, 2026

Regrown forests, especially with monoculture commercial saplings planted rank and file, may never achieve the splendid complexity of virgin forests.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

In 2025, their data also showed a slight increase in labelling fraud, such as olive oil labelled falsely as being extra virgin, or non-organic crops marked as organic.

From BBC • Feb. 9, 2026

Like ours, it lies ahead of her like a wilderness just before the first explorer sets foot on the virgin sand.

From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez