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grays

verb

variants also greys

present tense third-person singular of gray

as in flowers

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This plant flowers year-round and, like all abutilon cultivars, is not water needy.

— Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 30 Apr. 2026

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Hope also confirmed that these inclement weather conditions will play an actual role in how the survival gameplay evolves over the course of the game, but for now the prologue keeps things mostly on-rails.

— Fran Ruiz, Space.com, 3 Sep. 2026
As Army secretary, Driscoll was a major force behind trying to cut the red tape for military contractors to quickly develop more drones and counter-drone capabilities as modern warfare evolves.

— ABC News, ABC News, 2 Sep. 2026

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If the tube is empty, the carousel advances to the next one; if it is loaded, the system waits for the robotic arm to retrieve the shuttlecock.

— Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 1 Sep. 2026
Eiren’s pick now advances to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, which will winnow submissions from countries around the world down to a shortlist of 15 films before narrowing to five nominees.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 26 Aug. 2026

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For woody flowering perennials such as azaleas and hydrangeas, if the plant blooms before May, prune after flowering; if the plant blooms after May, prune just before spring growth occurs (usually around February or early March).

— Mary Marlowe Leverette, The Spruce, 19 Aug. 2026
Plan your visit for the summer, specifically mid-June to early September, when the region blooms with sea life and the parks are fully accessible.

— Kat Chen, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Aug. 2026

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For the first time this year, people ages 50 and older will be able to get a new kind of flu shot that uses the same mRNA technology as the COVID vaccines.

— Rob Stein, NPR, 2 Sep. 2026
Time Out Youth serves LGBTQ young people ages 13 to 24 in Charlotte and surrounding communities.

— Nora O'Neill, Charlotte Observer, 25 Aug. 2026

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John teaches at a small, leafy college by day, while by night working on a book about rationalist philosopher Spinoza and dating his beautiful colleague Becca (Sofia Boutella), a professor of psychology who has a son with whom John gets along well.

— Jessica Kiang, Variety, 4 Sep. 2026
Who gets along with who, who is fighting with who, and how the dynamics within the family have shifted.

— Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 31 July 2026

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