gourd
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Consider a slice of pumpkin pie: This is “prime pumpkin season” in Illinois, the country’s top supplier of the gourd, said Jacob Goebbert, co-owner and operations manager of a farm in South Barrington, Ill.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 23, 2026
The exasperation runs so deep that it has inspired viral memes called "gourd soup literature".
From BBC ● Jun. 13, 2026
While she prefers traditional orange, Torres isn’t afraid of a more ghostly gourd.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2025
Body-cam footage released by the Parma Heights Police Department shows one bemused officer describing how the gourd just “took off” as he tried to grab it.
From Salon ● Oct. 12, 2025
About twenty years ago, his brother was digging a well when he hit something metallic that turned out to be a gourd.
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Farmers arrived at dawn with tomatoes, gourds, chillies, lemons and melons.
From BBC ● Jun. 1, 2026
The race to grow ever-larger gourds has unleashed a blitz of one-upsmanship at contests around the globe.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 10, 2025
“If a Jack-o’-lantern isn’t your style, use paint, appliqués, and accessories to give your gourds personality,” Stewart suggests.
From Salon ● Oct. 30, 2025
Earlier research from Inui and his team revealed that gourds contain a type of protein that binds to pollutants, allowing them to move through the plant's tissues.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 30, 2025
“Show Papi your lines,” Lili told the boy as she arranged the three open gourds on a piece of plywood raised like a table on two bricks, in the middle of the room.
From "Krik? Krak!" by Edwidge Danticat
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