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a vocal sound made to express scorn or disapproval
there were raspberries from the audience when the hapless actress kept forgetting her lines
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Recent Examples of raspberries
Most blackberries come from species native to North America while raspberries may be found growing wild throughout the Northern Hemisphere.
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Joshua Siskin, Orange County Register, 14 Nov. 2024
Both bramble berries, but especially raspberries, grow best in half-day sun.
—Joshua Siskin, Orange County Register, 14 Nov. 2024
Greg Alder has had great success growing raspberries on the eastern edge of large trees.
—Joshua Siskin, Orange County Register, 14 Nov. 2024
Stunning, pure ruby color that foreshadowed the incredible purity of fruit on the palate with fresh blueberries and warm raspberries with an underlying minerality that brings this wine to another level of elegance.
—Cathrine Todd, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
It's made with three layers of puff pastry and cream, and is topped with blackberries, raspberries and strawberries.
—Sabrina Weiss, People.com, 3 Oct. 2024
Press raspberries on top and around the sides of each dough ball, lightly smashing them into dough and pushing them all together (raspberries will spread once baked).
—Sabrina Weiss, People.com, 3 Oct. 2024
Not raspberries plural, mind you, but rather a single raspberry.
—Dalton Ross, EW.com, 3 Oct. 2024
This one is dry, driven by raspberries and strawberries with more concentration than a simple quaff and enough structure to stand up to something like Chicken Tandoori, Keema (Lamb) or other Indian mainstays.
—Lana Bortolot, Forbes, 29 Sep. 2024
Joshua Siskin, Orange County Register, 14 Nov. 2024
Both bramble berries, but especially raspberries, grow best in half-day sun.
—Joshua Siskin, Orange County Register, 14 Nov. 2024
Greg Alder has had great success growing raspberries on the eastern edge of large trees.
—Joshua Siskin, Orange County Register, 14 Nov. 2024
Stunning, pure ruby color that foreshadowed the incredible purity of fruit on the palate with fresh blueberries and warm raspberries with an underlying minerality that brings this wine to another level of elegance.
—Cathrine Todd, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
It's made with three layers of puff pastry and cream, and is topped with blackberries, raspberries and strawberries.
—Sabrina Weiss, People.com, 3 Oct. 2024
Press raspberries on top and around the sides of each dough ball, lightly smashing them into dough and pushing them all together (raspberries will spread once baked).
—Sabrina Weiss, People.com, 3 Oct. 2024
Not raspberries plural, mind you, but rather a single raspberry.
—Dalton Ross, EW.com, 3 Oct. 2024
This one is dry, driven by raspberries and strawberries with more concentration than a simple quaff and enough structure to stand up to something like Chicken Tandoori, Keema (Lamb) or other Indian mainstays.
—Lana Bortolot, Forbes, 29 Sep. 2024
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“Raspberries.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/raspberries. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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