banana
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This was perceived as a dig against Eduardo, mockingly nicknamed "little banana."
From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2026
A neighbor’s flowers are blooming, and on Knight’s property, survivor trees include pomegranate, sapote, finger lime, orange and banana.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2026
The trick is that you can put some banana in it while you’re boiling it so that makes it a little sweeter.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2026
Not banana bread— there was no cinnamon, cardamon, nuts or loaf pan involved.
From Salon ● Sep. 26, 2026
And for a second, I thought she’d found some sort of mashed-up banana in my backpack or something, that was how disgusted her question sounded.
From Absolutely Almost by Lisa Graff
Numerous qualifying food imports — including coffee, tea, cocoa, spices, bananas, oranges, tomatoes and beef — are exempt from tariffs.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 6, 2026
That a documentary has never been nominated for the best picture Oscar is cuckoo bananas, pure and simple.
From Salon ● Oct. 28, 2026
In February, after another stepson, Eduardo Bolsonaro accused her of not doing enough to support Flavio's campaign, she shared a picture of fried bananas she was making for her husband.
From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2026
First up, hosts Felix Salmon, Emily Peck, and Elizabeth Spiers dig into what is causing inflation and why bananas should actually cost more than they do.
From Slate ● Oct. 17, 2026
The white lunch lady with her hair in a net has a huge gap-toothed smile as she piles sloppy joes and too-cheesy slices of pizza onto plates, along with cartons of milk and browning bananas.
From "King and the Dragonflies" by Kacen Callender
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