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Such trouble stems from carelessness.

Good grief! What a stems!

However, a new type of humor, which stems largely from America, has recently come into fashion.

At night, I put my bell pepper plants at the open window, so they can harden off a bit before I plant them outside, cause now they still have such thin stems.

From bad stems worse.

If You Can’t Eat ‘Em... Straw is what’s left over when grains like wheat, barley, or rice are harvested—basically the hollow stalks.