bananas

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But because his competitors aren’t raising prices yet, Barabino can’t either—and demand for bananas, which he says consumers expect to be cheap, is sensitive to price rises.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 10, 2026

I’ll have a green smoothie with kale, spinach, bananas and blueberries and some collagen powder.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026

You wait until the bananas are nearly gone — soft, speckled, with that distinct on-the-edge-of-death banana smell — and turn them into something new.

From Salon • Apr. 28, 2026

Breakfast was porridge with bananas and peanut butter, while lunch was "usually a massive plate of rice with marmite with two eggs, or cheesy fried potatoes with eggs and veg".

From BBC • Apr. 27, 2026

Poppy left the bananas and the basket both.

From "Habibi" by Naomi Shihab Nye