The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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Of the 1.3 million schoolchildren evacuated from cities to the countryside, Mr. Scott writes, many “resorted to eating grasshoppers, snakes, and stream crabs as well as tooth-cleaning powder, paint, and crayons.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
The project draws upon the group's Hop of Hope citizen rewilding programme, which has helped restore more than 8,000 large marsh grasshoppers to wetlands in Norfolk and Cambridgeshire since 2018.
From BBC ● Jun. 15, 2026
Among the more poignant moments, Charles laments the loss of wildlife at Highgrove, noting when he first moved in there nearly five decades ago he would hear cuckoos and see grasshoppers.
From Barron's ● Jan. 28, 2026
"The study gave them a better understanding of grasshoppers and locusts, as well as a practical way to control them at the local level."
From Science Daily ● Jan. 24, 2026
He catches the grasshoppers we throw in his box by whipping out his tongue like a slingshot.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
