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Recent Examples of nectar
Red attracts these birds, but don't use red nectar.
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Medea Giordano, WIRED, 17 Dec. 2024
Add nectar plants: Plant a variety of nectar-rich flowers that bloom throughout the growing season.
—Brandi D. Addison, Austin American-Statesman, 10 Dec. 2024
Flowering lawn weeds like clover and self-heal provide a rich source of nectar for beneficial insects, including pollinators.
—Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 1 Jan. 2025
Flitting from flower to flower, sipping nectar to pollinate plants, the monarch plays a significant role in maintaining its ecosystem’s biodiversity.
—Rachel Ramirez, CNN, 10 Dec. 2024
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Medea Giordano, WIRED, 17 Dec. 2024
Add nectar plants: Plant a variety of nectar-rich flowers that bloom throughout the growing season.
—Brandi D. Addison, Austin American-Statesman, 10 Dec. 2024
Flowering lawn weeds like clover and self-heal provide a rich source of nectar for beneficial insects, including pollinators.
—Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 1 Jan. 2025
Flitting from flower to flower, sipping nectar to pollinate plants, the monarch plays a significant role in maintaining its ecosystem’s biodiversity.
—Rachel Ramirez, CNN, 10 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nectar
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Drinking in the game: For decades, soccer fans in the UK have not been able to enjoy their preferred adult beverages while watching matches at stadiums.—
Emily Olsen,
The Athletic,
28 Jan. 2025
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Overall, the real estate investment trust has introduced 1.1 million square feet of new retail space for restaurants and stores into the district, roughly 800,000 square feet of it leased to more than 70 food and beverage businesses.—
David Moin,
WWD,
27 Jan. 2025
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Chris Perugini’s introduction to whiskey came at a time when Scotch was cheap, bourbon collected dust on liquor store shelves, and the only person drinking Manhattans was your ... Editorial Standards Forbes Accolades Join The Conversation Comments 0 One Community.—
Chris Perugini,
Forbes,
22 Jan. 2025
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Adriana Atilano, 53, a clerk at a liquor store in Pilsen who is originally from Mexico, said many Latinos in Chicago had come to resent its status as a sanctuary city for undocumented immigrants.—
Ernesto Londoño,
New York Times,
21 Jan. 2025
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Many were drinking alcohol from coolers at the home, the release said.—
Silas Morgan,
Orlando Sentinel,
25 Jan. 2025
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The pace at which your body breaks down alcohol into its metabolites is one cause—with slower breakdown associated with a worse hangover.1 The inflammation that drinking alcohol causes in your body may also play a role.—
Alicen Nelson MD,
Verywell Health,
24 Jan. 2025
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With its stone bar, lush greenery and oceanic libations, the space aims to whisk guests away to an oceanfront vacation.—
Diana Leyva,
The Tennessean,
18 Dec. 2024
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Open 5pm-midnight, Tuesday-Sunday Lake Effect: The downtown establishment's menu contains an impressive list of non-alcoholic libations, from mocktails and fruit juices to bottled drinks and spirits.—
Kim Bojórquez,
Axios,
3 Jan. 2025
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Step into the Farm’s vibrant Food Forest and enjoy live music, delicious local food and drink, Jewish learning and crafts, yoga, and opportunities for all ages to dig into the soil and nurture the land.—
News Release,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
28 Jan. 2025
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The company is pushing for most stores to deliver a drink order within 4 minutes — a plan that includes more and faster machines, improved mobile ordering and digital menu screens.—
Alina Selyukh,
NPR,
28 Jan. 2025
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Save the buzzy for Apres: What’s better than cold brews at lunch?—
Moira McCarthy,
Boston Herald,
15 Jan. 2025
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Dillard is expected to lay out this vision as a contentious debate brews in Springfield about the future of transit oversight and funding, with lawmakers set to weigh a proposal to do away with the RTA, the CTA, Metra and Pace and combine them into one agency.—
Sarah Freishtat,
Chicago Tribune,
15 Jan. 2025
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“Nectar.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nectar. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.
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