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Recent Examples of grapevine
Divided into three parts—Reading Vines, Reading Landscapes, and Reading Wines—the book explores wine from its roots in grapevine domestication to the complex interplay of terroir, culture, and taste.
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Jessica Dupuy, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
Now, after learning of their daughter's pregnancy through the grapevine, her parents have reached out, telling her that Luna isn't in the picture anymore.
—Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Mar. 2025
Manchester’s grapevine is a strong one.
—Andy Mitten, The Athletic, 2 Feb. 2025
Your officiant should definitely know, and the chance of someone hearing about it through the grapevine is fairly high.
—Erin Clack, People.com, 27 Jan. 2025
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Jessica Dupuy, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
Now, after learning of their daughter's pregnancy through the grapevine, her parents have reached out, telling her that Luna isn't in the picture anymore.
—Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Mar. 2025
Manchester’s grapevine is a strong one.
—Andy Mitten, The Athletic, 2 Feb. 2025
Your officiant should definitely know, and the chance of someone hearing about it through the grapevine is fairly high.
—Erin Clack, People.com, 27 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for grapevine
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Players responded well to the demands, according to a source who, like all referenced in this piece, wished to remain anonymous to protect relationships.—
Megan Feringa,
New York Times,
16 May 2025
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Possible funding source But whatever the cost, the city has a source of cash to make the lease payments: $14 million that is yet to be spent on the $16 million project approved last fall to build holding cells on the top floor of Police Headquarters, Finance Director Tammy Queen said.—
Mike Hendricks,
Kansas City Star,
16 May 2025
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Luke has spent 10 years reporting on Formula 1 for outlets including Autosport, The New York Times and NBC Sports, and is also a published author.—
Luke Smith,
New York Times,
16 May 2025
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According to Frye, Buffalo Exchange faces some unavoidable extra expenses, such as the cost of shipping clothing from full-price stores to outlet locations in places like Nogales, Ariz. and San Antonio, Texas.—
Angela Velasquez,
Sourcing Journal,
16 May 2025
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Parents respond The parents who spoke during Tuesday’s meeting were largely in support of Soltero’s first three recommendations, but repeated their opposition to closing Red Oak, calling for the exploration of other avenues.—
Joseph States,
Chicago Tribune,
15 May 2025
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Sacramento police officers responded just after 3:15 a.m. to reports of a shooting near Western and El Camino avenues in the Noralto neighborhood, the Sacramento Police Department said.—
Darrell Smith,
Sacbee.com,
14 May 2025
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Music is both the subject and mechanism of Sinners, which opens with a voiceover history of how some musicians, dating back to the West African griots, have been seen as conduits between this world and the one beyond.—
Paul A. Thompson,
Pitchfork,
22 Apr. 2025
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Her group worked as a conduit between upset residents and the Corps, and as a result, Corps teams partnered with local arborists, reviewed marked trees, and corrected those wrongly identified.—
Francine Kiefer,
Christian Science Monitor,
10 Apr. 2025
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Taking a bus or driving the 435-mile route is also an option.—
Kathleen Peddicord,
Forbes.com,
12 May 2025
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Originally Published: May 12, 2025 at 3:55 PM EDT Most Popular Most Popular Property of the week: Striking historic home along the Connecticut river Parking crunch looms at major CT airport amid route expansion.—
Dom Amore,
Hartford Courant,
12 May 2025
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The dramedy from director Stephen Chbosky tells the true story of the origins of Enoteca Maria, the famed Italian restaurant on Staten Island.—
Jessica Wang,
EW.com,
9 May 2025
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Pope Leo's Chicago origins and Peruvian service Born and raised in Chicago, Pope Leo XIV moved to Peru in 1985 to serve in the Augustinian mission in the area of Chulucanas.—
Callum Sutherland,
Time,
9 May 2025
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The parents told him that the stains started appearing shortly after the town built a communal water pipeline to a warm spring about 5 miles away.—
Angela Palermo,
Idaho Statesman,
12 May 2025
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Sniper: Ghost Shooter (2016) Brandon Beckett and Richard Miller team up again, this time to protect a gas pipeline from terrorists in the Republic of Georgia.—
Christopher Rudolph,
People.com,
10 May 2025
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“Grapevine.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grapevine. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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