jack-o'-lantern
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“I’m David Pumpkins,” Hanks — dressed in a jack-o'-lantern suit — announced to cheers from the crowd.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2022
As the popularity of items like theirs Knuckle Head Pumpkins reveals, Super Freak pumpkins are amazing jack-o'-lantern material.
From Salon ● Oct. 30, 2022
Rain falling on your jack-o’-lantern will invite every mold in the neighborhood to take up residency in or on it.
From Scientific American ● Oct. 19, 2022
He took a pink plastic jack-o’-lantern — bought years ago at 90% off — and turned the face around, then added a cheap flickering lightbulb and rope cord from Amazon to make a ceiling lamp.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 15, 2022
The air smelled of wet leaves, and our carved jack-o’-lantern flickered impressively against the shrubbery by the door.
From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri
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He is broken crayons and petting zoos and plastic jack-o'-lanterns stuffed with candy.
From Salon ● Feb. 3, 2024
Another long-standing local Halloween destination is the field of jack-o’-lanterns that lie in wait at the Whittier Narrows Recreation Area.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 18, 2023
I had gotten up early on that Saturday to hang orange streamers and balloons shaped like jack-o’-lanterns and black cats from my apartment walls.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 29, 2022
Those jack-o’-lanterns don’t have to end up in the local landfill.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 31, 2022
If she’s noticed that Maddy’s not here to help me put the jack-o’-lanterns on our front step, that I’m not dressed in a costume, she hasn’t said anything.
From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan
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