Example Sentences

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This insect-transmitted bacteria triggers diseases like Aster Yellows, significantly diminishing yields in leaf crops including oilseed rape, lettuce, carrots, grapevines, onions, and a variety of ornamental and vegetable crops worldwide.

From Science Daily • Dec. 5, 2023

Smith described the unusual dessert as "amazing" and introduced it at the Yellows Bar & Grill at Norwich City Football Club.

From BBC • Jul. 12, 2023

Yellows, purples and reds dot the landscape during wildflower season.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 26, 2023

“It looks like it stays in a juvenile phase,” said Saskia Hogenhout, a scientist at the John Innes Centre in England, who studies the life cycle of the parasite, which is called Aster Yellows phytoplasma.

From New York Times • Oct. 1, 2021

When kids did stage desperate, pathetic breakouts, it had been in small groups of Reds, Oranges, and Yellows.

From "The Darkest Minds" by Alexandra Bracken