grapevine

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Recent Examples of grapevine And in 2019, nine workers were sickened while removing unwanted shoots from grapevines inside a greenhouse, according to an OSHA report. Laura J. Nelson, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2024 Visitors can stroll through the vineyard and choose a grapevine to adopt. Sarah Lapidus, The Arizona Republic, 29 Sep. 2024 The majority of grapevines around the world, including in Europe, are grafted onto American rootstock, which is resistant to phylloxera. Mike Desimone and Jeff Jenssen, Robb Report, 27 Oct. 2024 Wonderful Nurseries, the nation’s largest grapevine nursery, is in Wasco, Calif. Melissa Gomez, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for grapevine 
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Noun
  • Filming began in May 1972 and took several years to complete, largely because of funding issues (the money came from a variety of sources, including grants, loans from Lynch’s father and friends, including Sissy Spacek, and even Lynch’s own paper route).
    Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 16 Jan. 2025
  • The city relies extensively on the approval of state loans and other sources of funding that are under the governor’s purview.
    Alexandra Berzon, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Moderate-sized batteries mean even a household outlet can suffice to recharge the car overnight, delivering enough range for the average commute.
    Will Sabel Courtney, Robb Report, 16 Jan. 2025
  • Several Israeli news outlets have reported that, according to the terms of the agreement, the Israeli military will begin to withdraw from northern Gaza, and Palestinians will be able to return there, within the first three weeks of the deal’s implementation.
    Ruth Margalit, The New Yorker, 16 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • These additional savings avenues can help guard against the uncertainty of relying on a single type of retirement account, especially as life expectancy continues to rise in the U.S., albeit at a lower rate than other countries.
    Paula Thielen, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025
  • Traffic currently flows north on Dr. MLK Jr. Street and south on Eighth Street roughly between Ninth avenues North and South, carrying traffic from downtown and bustling Central Avenue to the interstate.
    Kathryn Varn, Axios, 16 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Conversely, consider Billy McFarland of Fyre Festival fame, sentenced to prison in 2018 for defrauding investors of more than $26 million, who, during the 2024 presidential campaign, served as a conduit between rappers and Donald Trump.
    Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 15 Jan. 2025
  • Port of Long Beach media relations manager Lee Peterson confirmed that the port’s terminals, main road and rail conduits for cargo are all not impacted by the fires.
    Booth Moore, WWD, 8 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Families being told to abandon their cars on evacuation routes to flee on foot and convalescent home residents being pushed down the street in wheelchairs as hot embers fly around them are scenes usually witnessed only in the movies.
    Caitlin Clarkson Pereira, Hartford Courant, 24 Jan. 2025
  • City planner Nathan Koster told the council that more property owners along the route were open to recurring or regular closures of the intersection.
    Kyle Stokes, Axios, 23 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Understanding the history and origin of these laws is critical to that effort.
    Peter L. Markowitz, New York Daily News, 22 Jan. 2025
  • The movement bears the prestigious Geneva Seal, a certification that guarantees not only the movement's Geneva origin but also its superior chronometry and finishing.
    Bhanu Chopra, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Further east, the situation is more complicated by interstate transfers as well as a more robust pipeline system, albeit one oriented to shipping gas south.
    Michael Lynch, Forbes, 24 Jan. 2025
  • Since the end of October last year, the Yantar was tracked operating near the shores of several NATO member states in Northern and Western Europe, including Norway, the U.K., France and Spain, as well as in the Irish Sea, which contains submarine pipelines and cables.
    John Yoo and John Shu, Newsweek, 23 Jan. 2025

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“Grapevine.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grapevine. Accessed 31 Jan. 2025.

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