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papaya

[puh-pah-yuh] / pəˈpɑ yə /


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He was unable to train that day because he had not had time to collect his kit after finishing work at a papaya plantation.

From Barron's • Jun. 3, 2026

Espinal drew attention to a separate account where an AI papaya character named "Anaya Papaya" - already apparently spun off from the new Fruit Love Island series - is seemingly modelled after her.

From BBC • Mar. 28, 2026

U.S. and Cook Islands government news releases showed him in a suit picking at pieces of pineapple and papaya as he sat opposite a group of diplomats in Hawaiian-style shirts.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 27, 2025

Remove those notes, he concluded, and your papaya, cheese or chocolate will “taste much less yummy.”

From Salon • May 31, 2025

“I’ve been thinking about that book about the boys who crash on the island,” Mary Lou said to Adina one afternoon as they rested on their elbows taking bites from the same papaya.

From "Beauty Queens" by Libba Bray




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