bananas

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A supermarket in Orkney has been giving away bananas after accidentally ordering an estimated 38,000 of them - almost double the entire population of the islands.

From BBC • Mar. 30, 2026

The Colombians would mark the bricks with a dragon symbol, inspired by a bracelet Kassis wore, and ship them to the Syrian port of Latakia in a container ostensibly laden with bananas.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 28, 2026

He said he and his wife Antoinette had worked their land for decades to grow manioc and bananas on steep fields that had taken a toll on his wife's back.

From Barron's • Mar. 14, 2026

“All the volatility curves kind of inform each other. It’s hard for bond volatility to go bananas and not bleed into equity volatility.”

From MarketWatch • Mar. 3, 2026

Now alongside the empty milk crates at Mr. P’s, brown paper bags with collars neatly rolled boasted plump strawberries, crimson cherries and Chiquita bananas.

From "In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson" by Bette Bao Lord