Example Sentences

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Among the trees, he saw poppies and other wildflowers bloom extremely early, in January.

From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026

The map showed a fairly high concentration of poppies near a stretch of Highway 138.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

The model scans 10-by-10-meter squares of land to determine whether poppies are present by their telltale orange color.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

The first is the amount of the valley — shown in a satellite image — covered in poppies and goldfields, expressed as a percentage.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

Something wild and foreign issued a cry within her, shattering through the pain in her head, and thoughts of poppies and cages faded away.

From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas