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Outside the Monrovia Public Library, Dayla Quinones, 30, was picnicking under a tree with friends and enjoying the sun, which she said brightens her mood.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 21, 2023

"I heard palm oil gets used in so many cosmetics," said Joo Hyeon-jung, who was picnicking with friends along Seoul's Hangang River.

From Reuters • Apr. 29, 2022

During a date in Central Park in 2009 with a researcher for the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Mr. Akassy said he saw two raccoons attacking a duck near the water where the couple was picnicking.

From New York Times • Oct. 28, 2011

The only significant evidence that Ralph Himmelsbach ever processed was the $5,800, found on a Columbia River sandbar by Brian Ingram, 8, of Vancouver, Wash., while he was picnicking with his family.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 6, 1996

I don't understand—I don't know how they get there—but don't you remember that time last summer when I was picnicking with my common friends?

From The Double Life Of Mr. Alfred Burton by Oppenheim, E. Phillips (Edward Phillips)