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banana

[buh-nan-uh] / bəˈnæn ə /








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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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