Jasmine petals, one of my favorite floral notes, is given a spikier edge alongside Australian pink pepper, while raspberry and spun sugar add a pleasing sweetness without being too much.
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Venus Wong,
refinery29.com,
30 Oct. 2024
How Stem Segments Tell the Difference The Thanksgiving cactus has the spikiest stem segments of the three varieties, and its pollen is yellow.
An enemy then grabs the barbed wire with his bare hands — which already sounds like a bad idea, btw — only for the wire to shock him backward.
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Dalton Ross,
EW.com,
20 Mar. 2025
There were no trees nearby, just rows and rows of tan and olive-green tents erected on cement and surrounded by airport hangars, porta-potties, barbed wire, and guard towers.
Many viewers felt that the spiked bat incident crossed a line.
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Paul Du Quenoy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 Mar. 2025
Bond yields spiked following the CPI data, and futures now put nearly 60% odds on a rate cut in June, per CME's FedWatch tool, up slightly from Tuesday.
The tuatara of New Zealand, a spiny reptilian relic, can outlive generations of researchers studying it.
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Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
29 Mar. 2025
Though these prawns have spiny shells that are difficult to peel, the meat has a sweet taste like lobster, making this entree one of the eatery’s main attractions.
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Patrick Connolly,
Orlando Sentinel,
21 Mar. 2025
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