All The Words That Are Fit To Learn: March, 2020

Ware delivers these sentiments with hilarious archness, but he also means it. New York Times (Oct 14, 2019)

But perhaps the most interesting and common-sense use of milkweed borrows from the snug winter bivouacs of white-footed mice, which regularly line their nests with the seeds’ fluffy fibers. New York Times (Sep 30, 2016)

“I am the canary in the coal mine,” shrieked Dame Vivienne Westwood, the flamboyant British fashion designer, couturier to everyone from supermodels to world leaders, punk icon, eco-warrior and political activist. New York Times (Jul 21, 2020)

Ms. Coolidge flounced back into the store, where Ms. Vargas flourished a new treat: a whipped cream made from coconuts. New York Times (Jan 17, 2020)

Indian media showed images of the jetliner’s fuselage cracked in half but there appeared to be no fire. New York Times (Aug 7, 2020)

It consists of a single main street and higgledy-piggledy alleys shooting off at strange angles. New York Times (Jan 31, 2020)

“Look, I never talked to the president from the position of a quid pro quo. That’s not my thing,” Mr. Zelensky said. New York Times (Dec 2, 2019)

She recommends unstinting regard for language and sedulous habits of self-revision; then she throws in, like an afterthought, an extra moral dimension: “Work on your character.” New York Times (Nov 12, 2019)

American aircraft launched hundreds of combat sorties from the base at the height of the conflict against the Islamic State in 2016 and 2017. New York Times (Jan 6, 2020)

One of them, Bank of the Philippine Islands, issued a statement saying claims that the company was a client were “spurious.” New York Times (Jun 23, 2020)