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someone or something unusually desirable
that job is considered a real plum in the broadcasting business
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Recent Examples of plums
Rounded and balanced aromas of red plums, blueberry jam, strawberry jelly and flavors of plums and blackberries.
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Tom Mullen, Forbes, 8 Dec. 2024
Her nighttime visions were a little steamier than sugar plums dancing in her head.
—Erin Jensen, USA TODAY, 5 Dec. 2024
Then in late summer to early fall, the blueish purple plums, which contain antioxidants, envelop the tree.
—Rachel Ramirez, CNN, 28 Nov. 2024
Like vegetables, blanch stone fruit, like peaches and plums; these will last 12 months.
—Alexandra Emanuelli, Southern Living, 24 Nov. 2024
Snappy aromas of lemongrass, green apples, raspberries and red plums.
—Tom Mullen, Forbes, 24 Nov. 2024
Red fruit aromas as well as spearmint, fresh bread dough, red plums and raspberries.
—Tom Mullen, Forbes, 24 Nov. 2024
Mid palate flavors include red plums, with a flash of caramel on the finish.
—Tom Mullen, Forbes, 24 Nov. 2024
After all that fun, plus feeding koi fish and turtles, bird watching, climbing on the playground, and doing seasonal arts and crafts at the Tortuga Kids Club, children will go to bed with more than just visions of sugar plums dancing in their heads.
—Lindsay Cohn, Travel + Leisure, 21 Nov. 2024
Tom Mullen, Forbes, 8 Dec. 2024
Her nighttime visions were a little steamier than sugar plums dancing in her head.
—Erin Jensen, USA TODAY, 5 Dec. 2024
Then in late summer to early fall, the blueish purple plums, which contain antioxidants, envelop the tree.
—Rachel Ramirez, CNN, 28 Nov. 2024
Like vegetables, blanch stone fruit, like peaches and plums; these will last 12 months.
—Alexandra Emanuelli, Southern Living, 24 Nov. 2024
Snappy aromas of lemongrass, green apples, raspberries and red plums.
—Tom Mullen, Forbes, 24 Nov. 2024
Red fruit aromas as well as spearmint, fresh bread dough, red plums and raspberries.
—Tom Mullen, Forbes, 24 Nov. 2024
Mid palate flavors include red plums, with a flash of caramel on the finish.
—Tom Mullen, Forbes, 24 Nov. 2024
After all that fun, plus feeding koi fish and turtles, bird watching, climbing on the playground, and doing seasonal arts and crafts at the Tortuga Kids Club, children will go to bed with more than just visions of sugar plums dancing in their heads.
—Lindsay Cohn, Travel + Leisure, 21 Nov. 2024
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