grapevine

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Recent Examples of grapevine Rows of flourishing cabernet and pinot noir grapevines further enhance the villa’s natural beauty. Rowan Briggs, The Mercury News, 10 Mar. 2025 When experienced British trainer Joe Gallagher revealed in February that he had been diagnosed with stage-four liver and bowel cancer, Al-Sheikh had already been in touch after hearing of his illness via the boxing grapevine. Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 24 Apr. 2025 Douro Valley, Portugal The Douro Valley, along the scenic Douro River, a UNESCO World Heritage site, is filled with terraces lined with grapevines cultivated for centuries to produce renowned wines, especially Port. Joanne Shurvell, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2025 Made with silk flowers and natural grapevine, the indoor-outdoor wreath would do best behind a glass door or on a covered porch where it can be protected from sun damage. Kaitlin Gates, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for grapevine
Recent Examples of Synonyms for grapevine
Noun
  • Charlie Davis Season: 46 Placed: 2nd If Q was the hurricane blowing through Survivor 46, Davis was a source of calm geniality at the center, constantly quoting Taylor Swift songs while obscuring his careful, clever gameplay.
    Ben Rosenstock, Time, 29 May 2025
  • In addition, with Serge Gnabry a year away from being a free agent, Leroy Sane’s contract renewal increasingly tenuous, and Kingsley Coman another likely departure, the wide forwards positions — which have so often been a source of such power — need regenerating.
    Sebastian Stafford-Bloor, New York Times, 28 May 2025
Noun
  • Avoid entering basements or rooms where electrical outlets or cords are submerged in water.
    STAR-TELEGRAM WEATHER BOT, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 May 2025
  • Rima served as the Best Bets editor at New York Magazine for seven years, and writes primarily about lifestyle pursuits (design, art, culture and travel) for top international outlets including The New York Times, Elle and Elle Décor, Galerie, HTSI and the The Wall Street Journal, amongst others.
    Rima Suqi, Forbes.com, 28 May 2025
Noun
  • July 4: Elgin’s annual downtown Independence Day Parade will start at 9 a.m. at the intersection of Douglas and Slade avenues and end about 11 a.m. at Douglas and Highland avenues.
    Mike Danahey, Chicago Tribune, 27 May 2025
  • With various themes running throughout the story in tandem — race, class, addiction and recovery — readers have multiple avenues for personal connection to the story.
    Kristen Tauer, Footwear News, 25 May 2025
Noun
  • LLMs and machine learning are merely the conduit through which benefits to the customer are delivered.
    Justin Warren, Forbes.com, 28 May 2025
  • His strained, sandpaper-coarse timbre served as an ideal conduit for songs concerned with boisterous revelries, shady agreements, licentious intentions and musical pleasures.
    Bob Gendron, Chicago Tribune, 25 May 2025
Noun
  • And earlier this week, Italy enacted a law that removes the route to citizenship through great-grandparents.
    Olesya Dmitracova, CNN Money, 23 May 2025
  • Cruise remote trails and rock crawl through iconic routes like one to the hydroelectric power plant at Bridal Veil Falls and Ophir Pass to Alta Lakes and Ghost Town.
    AFAR Media, AFAR Media, 23 May 2025
Noun
  • As global airlines compete for high-paying passengers, wine is emerging as a new marker of status—less about volume and more about origin, style and association with elite producers.
    Rachel King, Forbes.com, 3 June 2025
  • He is charged in U.S. District Court in Colorado with a hate crime involving actual or perceived race, religion, or national origin.
    Dan Mangan, CNBC, 2 June 2025
Noun
  • Niobium is used in pipelines, rockets and jet engines.
    David Yusufu Kibingila, Los Angeles Times, 23 May 2025
  • When approached strategically, this evolution can help deliver three advantages for the modern DevOps pipeline: 1.
    Asad Khan, Forbes.com, 22 May 2025

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“Grapevine.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grapevine. Accessed 7 Jun. 2025.

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