banana
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A while back, for instance, Friday Ashlie decided Monday Ashlie would make banana leaf-wrapped fish.
From Salon ● Sep. 14, 2026
Now United must prepare for their Champions League return, against another banana skin-type opponent in Azerbaijan's Sabah FK.
From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026
For farmers, dry soils have disrupted the growth of fruit and cacao trees as well as banana and coffee plants, contributing to crop losses.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 4, 2026
Right now it’s banana ice cream with blueberries and it’s heaven.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026
The houses we passed were more battered than many of those in Cange—dirt floors and roofs of banana fronds that leaked in the rainy season, turning floors to mud.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
They argue that some foods, such as bread and ripe bananas, have the same or more trace alcohol than nonalcoholic drinks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
Whole fruits included apples, oranges, bananas, mangos, grapes, pears, melons, strawberries and peaches.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 23, 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
The Congolese proverb little by little, grow the bananas emphasises the virtues of patience and steady progress.
From BBC ● Jun. 28, 2026
Swinging hard and heavy, they hoisted the bananas up to the roof to ripen.
From "Nim’s Island" by Wendy Orr
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