bananas
Example Sentences
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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
"The market pressure is too high for me," he says, adding that he is now trying to make up for lost profits with other fruit he grows, such as bananas.
From BBC ● Jun. 29, 2026
At Kampala’s Mirembe food market, where stalls overflow with watermelons and green bananas, fish vendor Medie Waiswa uses disinfectant every morning to clean his countertop, storage cabinet, chairs and motorcycle handlebars.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
Afterward he had climbed down, gone over to my tent, and taken the bananas that had just been put there for my supper.
From "My Life with the Chimpanzees" by Jane Goodall
