jumbo
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Al-Marimi has denied making the bomb that brought down the jumbo jet and claims the confession is false and was made under duress.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
One trend centered on the “chamoy pickle”—a hollowed-out jumbo dill pickle typically filled with spicy chips or sour candy, coated with the Mexican condiment chamoy and wrapped in a Fruit Roll-Up.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
The cost of a jumbo loan might be expected to be higher because Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac don’t guarantee them, and they pose a higher risk to lenders.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 9, 2026
Venice Ramen is good too, and they do these things called jumbo gyoza that are absolutely delicious.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 3, 2026
It’s seafood night, and Mom is making her special crab boil: crab legs, corn on the cob, andouille sausage, crawfish, jumbo shrimp, and small red potatoes.
From "Watch Us Rise" by Renée Watson and Ellen Hagan
Rakesh Reddy told AFP that seven jumbos were killed, and one elephant sustained an injury.
From Barron's ● Dec. 20, 2025
An average of 158 people per flight, plus security, would require the equivalent of five jumbos to be available all year around.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2025
It will hold 25% more volume than Boeing’s existing freighter and is emerging as an heir to the plane-maker’s humpbacked 747 jumbos that have hauled goods across the North Pacific for decades.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 13, 2021
Lewinsky told her official biographer that Tripp had the jumbos because she wanted to appear loyal to the administration.
From Slate ● Sep. 18, 2018
All my cousins would gather in the courtyard between my house and Geoffrey’s house to kick the soccer ball—made from plastic shopping bags we called jumbos, which we then bound in twine.
From "The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind" by William Kamkwamba
