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papaya

[puh-pah-yuh] / pəˈpɑ yə /


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I always order chicken sate and the green papaya salad.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 20, 2026

U.S. and Cook Islands government news releases showed him in a suit picking at pieces of pineapple and papaya as he sat opposite a group of diplomats in Hawaiian-style shirts.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 27, 2025

His cooks minced the meat with papaya, saffron and spices and made it so fine and silky that it needed no chewing.

From BBC • Dec. 19, 2025

But, confined as they seem to be by their own "papaya rules" that require complete equality in support and opportunity for both Norris and Piastri, they cannot allow for any more mistakes.

From Barron's • Dec. 1, 2025

On Saturdays, they would walk through the plaza with Beto, buy him paper cones of mango and papaya sprinkled with chili powder.

From "Out of Darkness" by Ashley Hope Pérez




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