Pitch me the words “three sisters” and my mind reacts in this precise order.

1. My actual three sisters.
2. The play “Three Sisters” by Anton Chekhov.
3. Three Sisters Peak on the north end of Salt Lake Valley.
4. The “three sisters” standing stones down in Goblin Valley.
5. The “three sisters” even farther south in Monument Valley.
6. The Three Sisters method of companion planting, in which Native Americans planted maize, winter squash, and climbing beans together for their mutual benefits.
7. Now also a roll-and-write game by Ben Pinchback and Matt Riddle.
8. There’s a tomato plant called Three Sisters that grows one of three different sizes of fruit.
9. Seems a lot of people had three sisters.

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