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Recent Examples of grapevine
Heard through the grapevine Dakota Johnson is fallin' head first into a new romance.
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Glamour, 24 Jan. 2026
Start with grapevine wreath forms, which require no wire or tape to hold greenery.
—Cameron Beall, Southern Living, 8 Jan. 2026
Braiding The braiding exercise—sometimes called the grapevine or karaoke exercise—is an advanced balance activity.
—Aubrey Bailey, Verywell Health, 25 Dec. 2025
His presence fortified the trail’s grapevine, with both hikers and people who live in the small towns that line the AT sharing news of his movements.
—Grayson Haver Currin, Outside, 30 Oct. 2025
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Glamour, 24 Jan. 2026
Start with grapevine wreath forms, which require no wire or tape to hold greenery.
—Cameron Beall, Southern Living, 8 Jan. 2026
Braiding The braiding exercise—sometimes called the grapevine or karaoke exercise—is an advanced balance activity.
—Aubrey Bailey, Verywell Health, 25 Dec. 2025
His presence fortified the trail’s grapevine, with both hikers and people who live in the small towns that line the AT sharing news of his movements.
—Grayson Haver Currin, Outside, 30 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for grapevine
Noun
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Its companion Renpho Health app (available for Android and iOS) tracks 50 health metrics, but some (like calories consumed and burned) rely on your input or external sources.—
Andrew Gebhart,
PC Magazine,
5 Apr. 2026
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Lynn, frustrated not to know the source, began searching for it on her phone, but nothing came up.—
Catherine Lacey,
New Yorker,
5 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Earlier this month, several outlets covered how garments destined for brands were piling up at airports in Bangladesh and India after Gulf carriers cancelled flights, with more than half of Bangladesh’s air cargo typically moving through Gulf hubs.—
Assef Shaikh,
Footwear News,
2 Apr. 2026
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Ticketron changed this in 1969, pioneering computerized ticketing and greatly expanding ticket distribution through network kiosks across various retail outlets, such as department stores.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
2 Apr. 2026
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The neighborhood/area Upscale with large avenues, grand villas, and plenty of greenery, Parioli’s the perfect place to retreat to after a day’s sightseeing.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
31 Mar. 2026
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Since high-frequency acoustic oscillations can also be used to manipulate quantum states, phonon lasers could be deployed to study them in greater detail and open avenues for future quantum sensing and quantum computing.—
Ameya Paleja,
Interesting Engineering,
30 Mar. 2026
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Iran’s threats and attacks on vessels in the Gulf have raised the risk of transit enough to stop almost all traffic through the narrow waterway, which is the main conduit for about 20% of the world’s oil and natural gas, plus fertilizers that help grow crops the world relies on.—
Annette Choi,
CNN Money,
27 Mar. 2026
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Further, opponents argued, VT Crowfoot Valley proposed a flagpole annexation, using Crowfoot Valley Road as a narrow connecting conduit to physically link Castle Pines to the Crowsnest site.—
John Aguilar,
Denver Post,
26 Mar. 2026
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But in our group, the route to the quarter-finals seems possible.—
Greg O'Keeffe,
New York Times,
1 Apr. 2026
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The waterway, a critical shipping route, has essentially been closed for the duration of the conflict, causing a supply glut in the oil market that has sent prices skyrocketing.—
Chloe Taylor,
CNBC,
31 Mar. 2026
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Depending on the origin and destination of the cargo, price increases have seen substantial accelerations as planes have either remained grounded or taken out of service.—
Glenn Taylor,
Footwear News,
1 Apr. 2026
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Dozens of amateur and professional photographers were invited to find beauty in the invisible world of force fields and subatomic particles, which blip into existence for fractions of a second and hold secrets about the origin and fate of the universe.—
Zack Savitsky,
Quanta Magazine,
1 Apr. 2026
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If some oil sloshes off a ship or leaks out of a pipeline, what’s the difference?—
Jeffrey Marlow,
New Yorker,
5 Apr. 2026
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Iraqi oil exports plunged by roughly 97% to a daily average of 99,000 barrels in March from the prior month as production shrank and overseas shipments were restricted to a pipeline system that transverses Turkey to the Mediterranean port of Ceyhan.—
Patrick Sykes,
Fortune,
4 Apr. 2026
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“Grapevine.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grapevine. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.
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