Beans should not be planted until all risk of freeze has passed in the spring.

VOA: special.2009.03.24

Everything they said remained frozen all winter long, and did not melt until spring.

VOA: special.2009.01.24

However,not all songs about spring are happy.

VOA: special.2010.03.15

He would try to explain it this way when students asked for a top grade just for studying hard in chemistry class: What if a baseball player came to spring training and worked harder than all the others, but still could not play well.

VOA: special.2009.03.12