The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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When the Irish visit the White House each year, they traditionally bring a bowl of shamrocks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 11, 2026
JD Vance, who attended the same meeting, didn't miss his own chance to pay homage to the Irish prime minister, donning a pair of cream-coloured socks that were - fittingly - adorned with green shamrocks.
From BBC ● Mar. 14, 2025
“Everything between Ireland and the United States runs deep,” Biden said on St. Patrick’s Day in 2021, wearing a green tie and carrying a fistful of shamrocks in his coat pocket.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 12, 2023
For her historic 2011 visit to Ireland, Elizabeth wore a green outfit to meet then President Mary McAleese, while her evening gown for a state banquet featured silk shamrocks.
From Reuters ● May 18, 2022
They had walked into a patch of tents that were all covered with a thick growth of shamrocks, so that it looked as though small, oddly shaped hillocks had sprouted out of the earth.
From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling
