banana
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The perfect one is raw spinach and banana.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
More than a century ago, psychologist Wolfgang Köhler showed that chimpanzees could suddenly solve unfamiliar problems by combining objects in new ways, such as stacking boxes to reach a banana hanging overhead.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 3, 2026
The banana tree was the first thing they started to grow - which gave them the idea the garden could potentially turn into a mini jungle.
From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2026
Bob Blumenfield would like to see Angelenos’ old banana peels and moldy bread stay local.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 2026
This alarm conveniently frightened away a fellow monkey who had just found a banana, leaving the liar all alone to steal the prize for itself.
From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari
By slashing prices on some core items, Primark is likely hoping to woo shoppers with low-cost staples, in the same way that supermarkets attract customers with cheap milk and bananas, Berg says.
From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026
Lamont’s recommendation therefore, is to exercise patience.”IPOs are like bananas: they need to ripen before they’re ready to eat.”
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 23, 2026
Caretakers later had to trade bananas and yogurt to persuade the chimpanzees to return the crystal.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 15, 2026
So when the final whistle sounded, he took it as a cue to go absolutely bananas.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 11, 2026
If he arrived in camp and couldn’t find any bananas, he would walk into my tent and search.
From "My Life with the Chimpanzees" by Jane Goodall
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