fruit

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Since the 2000s, there have been multiple attempts to create an Asian version of the iconic contest, but none of those previous efforts bore fruit.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

To test this, the team fed fruit flies caffeine under different conditions, including varying doses, daytime versus nighttime exposure, and combinations with sleep deprivation.

From Science Daily • Mar. 31, 2026

The seeds also mimic the flavors of raspberry or strawberry seeds, adding a subtle yet stylish touch to their individual fruit jams.

From Salon • Mar. 31, 2026

He included the bite mark for scale to set the apple apart from similar round fruit like cherries -- learning only later it was a homonym for the computer term "byte".

From Barron's • Mar. 29, 2026

The greengrocer’s wife who had let me sleep on her roof, next to a mat of drying fruit.

From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri