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Recent Examples of sprig
Pour 1/2 cup water into the roasting pan and rinse; pour this liquid into the soup pot.
5: Add tomato, potato, celery, parsnip, whole parsley sprigs, salt, thyme, garlic, bay leaf, and peppercorns to the pot.
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Nicole Sours Larson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Mar. 2025
Top with soda water and garnish with an extra sprig of mint, expressing it before adding it to the wine.
—Jillian Dara, Forbes.com, 23 May 2025
In a cocktail shaker, add the cucumbers, a sprig of mint and the salt.
—The New York Times News Service Syndicate, Denver Post, 20 May 2025
Add ice and serve with mint sprigs and fresh blackberry.
—Mark Gauert, Sun Sentinel, 16 May 2025
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Nicole Sours Larson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Mar. 2025
Top with soda water and garnish with an extra sprig of mint, expressing it before adding it to the wine.
—Jillian Dara, Forbes.com, 23 May 2025
In a cocktail shaker, add the cucumbers, a sprig of mint and the salt.
—The New York Times News Service Syndicate, Denver Post, 20 May 2025
Add ice and serve with mint sprigs and fresh blackberry.
—Mark Gauert, Sun Sentinel, 16 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sprig
twig
Noun
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Other hunters, shimmying up a stand of trees, dismantle nests that birds have built with the coveted cinnamon twig.—
Walker Mimms,
New York Times,
20 May 2025
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But this, the twig, is much more intense in flavor.—
Peter Burke,
FOXNews.com,
11 May 2025
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“Sprig.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sprig. Accessed 13 Jun. 2025.
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