bud
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"It needs to be nipped in the bud because today's petty thief is tomorrow's bank robber," he says.
From BBC • May 1, 2026
But as Te Haumihiata Mason, a translator working in Māori, points out to Mr. Hahn, in New Zealand few plants bud in May, so an inelastic approach here risks puzzling the audience.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 22, 2026
This is why a lot of Jews want to nip that rhetoric in the bud.
From Slate • Dec. 19, 2025
When the bloom begins, it starts as a massive green bud and grows fast.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 21, 2025
And just as we’re about to get into the elevator, I look over and see that dead lobby plant, from earlier, and—you wouldn’t believe it—a single bud, popping up from a branch.
From "Better Nate Than Ever" by Tim Federle
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