jack-o'-lantern
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There was also another complication for consumers expecting professionally carved chocolate: Packaging included in the court’s opinion labels the jack-o’-lantern image a “DECORATING SUGGESTION.”
From Salon ● Sep. 19, 2026
But the pumpkin’s likely last stop will be in New York, where it will be carved for another shot at a Guinness record as the world’s largest and heaviest jack-o’-lantern, Gienger said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 10, 2023
These events are essentially like run-of-the-mill jack-o’-lantern carving festivities — contestants get pumpkins, carving tools and an hour to finish their masterpieces — except they happen entirely underwater.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 26, 2022
Leaving the stem intact helps a jack-o’-lantern last.
From New York Times ● Oct. 22, 2022
The air smelled of wet leaves, and our carved jack-o’-lantern flickered impressively against the shrubbery by the door.
From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri
That farm grows pumpkins on 500 acres, mostly for decorations like jack-o’-lanterns.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 23, 2026
The first-ever buckets resembled classic jack-o'-lanterns and came in three varieties: McBoo, McPunk'n and McGoblin.
From Salon ● Oct. 11, 2024
“My dad was always doing really outlandish jack-o’-lanterns, like, turning them upside down.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 27, 2023
I had gotten up early on that Saturday to hang orange streamers and balloons shaped like jack-o’-lanterns and black cats from my apartment walls.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 29, 2022
They’re sitting on the flatbed of Franklyn’s truck, illuminated eerily in the headlights like jack-o’-lanterns.
From "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson
