lettuce
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Homegrown lettuce dominates the market in the summer and early autumn weeks before a transition that sees more imports filling shop shelves.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
Taco Bell suffered a setback amid a period of growth earlier this summer when a parasitic outbreak was linked to lettuce served at Taco Bell locations in five states.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026
Federal officials stressed that this did not suddenly exonerate the lettuce.
From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2026
By July 16, federal officials had identified 1,644 illnesses among people who reported eating at the chain, with ingredient-level analysis strongly pointing to iceberg lettuce.
From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2026
She ate carefully, taking pains not to let a single piece of lettuce or drop of sauce fall.
From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda
Millions of lettuces are set to be wasted as farmers are grappling with a record outbreak of aphids that has devastated the end of their growing season.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
Nowadays in the early mornings, farmers — many of them descendants of Xochimilco’s original inhabitants — can be seen loading canoes with lettuces and flowers grown in the rich sediments dredged from the canals.
From New York Times ● Dec. 5, 2023
I always have a ton of bell peppers, chiles and lettuces.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2023
Some veggies are surprisingly cold tolerant — some lettuces and kales even taste sweeter after a temperature dip.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 1, 2023
But everything seemed to be aromatic this hot night, even the tomato plants and lettuces.
From "Inkheart" by Cornelia Funke
