cantaloupe

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I stood in this cantaloupe field in rural California, among seemingly endless lines of fruit waiting to be plucked on a Tuesday this fall.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 30, 2025

But the relationships either fade or split open like cantaloupe dropped on hot pavement.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 30, 2024

In the early 1960s, Michoacano cantaloupe farmers acquired lands to expand their production by growing avocados.

From Salon • May 29, 2024

So far, more than 36,000 boxes or cases of cantaloupe have been recalled.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 15, 2023

I’d eaten so much cantaloupe that I’d turned into a cantaloupe.

From "The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian" by Sherman Alexie