grapevines
- plural of grapevine.
Example Sentences
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In the Bakersfield area, where a recent Border Patrol operation lasted for days and led to dozens of arrests, Paula Flores voiced worries about deportation as she pruned a row of grapevines.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 8, 2025
“It’s much faster to do, and makes a lot more sense, when you have an entire crew,” he admitted before discussing the tractors, the road trips and the grapevines that keep him grounded.
From New York Times ● Apr. 27, 2024
This insect-transmitted bacteria triggers diseases like Aster Yellows, significantly diminishing yields in leaf crops including oilseed rape, lettuce, carrots, grapevines, onions, and a variety of ornamental and vegetable crops worldwide.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 5, 2023
On her back sits a basket woven from cedar boughs and bark, sword fern fronds, cattail and grapevines, which is adorned with dried squash and pine cones.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 17, 2023
Wheat and goats were domesticated by approximately 9000 BC; peas and lentils around 8000 BC; olive trees by 5000 BC; horses by 4000 BC; and grapevines in 3500 BC.
From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari
