bananas
Example Sentences
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"Before the ube craze, it was a niche market," he said, adding it had lagged behind high-value crops like bananas, mangoes and coffee.
From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 2026
Caretakers later had to trade bananas and yogurt to persuade the chimpanzees to return the crystal.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 15, 2026
The chocolate-covered strawberries are bright and juicy, but the bananas were a surprising favorite among everyone who tried them — and I don’t even typically like bananas.
From Salon ● Jul. 12, 2026
So when the final whistle sounded, he took it as a cue to go absolutely bananas.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 11, 2026
He dug a vegetable garden in the rich soil at Fire Mountain’s base and planted avocados, bananas, lettuce, oranges, pineapples, strawberries, sweet potatoes, and tomatoes, and bamboo for making pipes and useful things.
From "Nim’s Island" by Wendy Orr
