papaya
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Espinal drew attention to a separate account where an AI papaya character named "Anaya Papaya" - already apparently spun off from the new Fruit Love Island series - is seemingly modelled after her.
From BBC ● Mar. 28, 2026
A few kilometres from Salah's devastated fields, Muhummad Mohamad Ismail, 45, tends with great care to his verdant orange and papaya trees.
From Barron's ● Feb. 23, 2026
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
Later, the three detectives silently drank papaya juice as they sat in Mr. Thirsty’s.
From "The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm" by Nancy Farmer
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During Vodou ceremonies, lwa are offered treats ranging from papayas and coffee to popcorn, lollipops and cheese puffs.
From Seattle Times ● May 9, 2024
If small-scale farmers grow fruit trees amid their crops, for example, they can eat those bananas or papayas themselves while selling the rest of the harvest.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 4, 2024
Researchers created the virus-resistant "transgenic" papaya, which now makes up the majority of papayas consumed worldwide.
From Salon ● May 9, 2023
The others include Rainbow papayas, which were modified to resist ringspot virus; a variety of sweet corn; some russet potatoes; and Arctic Apples, which were developed in Canada and resist browning.
From New York Times ● Jul. 20, 2021
With a worrisome rattle, the taxi lurched forward, nearly crashing into a boat stacked high with papayas.
From "A Wish in the Dark" by Christina Soontornvat
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