virgin
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Pesto is made here with basil, extra virgin olive oil, pine nuts, garlic and grated cheese, all ground to a thick paste.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026
Were the plant to stop producing virgin steel, the UK would be the only member of the G7 group of leading economies without the ability to make it.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
Results produced using these novel analytical methods provide guidance on the use of recycled plastics over virgin plastics in roadways.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 28, 2026
Then, during the COVID-19 pandemic emergency, demand for single-use plastics in personal protective gear supercharged demand for virgin plastics.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 1, 2026
Or they were chips from imaginary skeletons; lost virgin souls; pieces of pretty, insensitive ice; their loveliness an untouchable joke.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
But these laws punish all women and girls: mothers and non-mothers, wives and single women, women who've had 100 partners and those who were virgins when raped.
From Salon ● Dec. 2, 2024
Working with mice, the researchers first created four test groups: unstressed virgins, stressed virgins, unstressed mothers and stressed mothers.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 16, 2024
Before we start: a wee plot summary for the “Sleepless in Seattle” virgins out there.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 20, 2023
These women are known as the burrneshat, or sworn virgins.
From BBC ● Dec. 9, 2022
“My mom uses ground unicorn horn and the blood of virgins for the coating.”
From "We Are the Ants" by Shaun David Hutchinson
