virgin

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Participants with higher cumulative intake of extra virgin olive oil had a lower risk of a broad cardiovascular outcome, while common olive oil showed weaker associations.

From Science Daily • May 19, 2026

At 9:47 this evening, after a virgin mojito and fish tacos, I complete a deck titled “Why Putting Yourself First Is Good for Salmon.”

From Slate • May 10, 2026

Typically, recycled plastic is more expensive than virgin plastic.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 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

So Aureliano was still a virgin when Amaranta Úrsula returned to Macondo and gave him a sisterly embrace that left him breathless.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez