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pumpkin

[puhmp-kin, puhng-kin] / ˈpʌmp kɪn, ˈpʌŋ kɪn /
NOUN
vegetable
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Even in sunny L.A., people crave autumnal treats; how else to explain pumpkin spice cold brew?

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

Under the dense foliage, soldiers on the ground work in what looks like a pumpkin patch.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

Diesel’s rising costs could soon translate into higher grocery prices for Americans — and push up the cost of Thanksgiving turkeys and pumpkin pie.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 25, 2026

Foods including avocado, quinoa, açaí, aguaymanto, chia, and pumpkin seeds were incorporated as locally accessible options.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 6, 2026

“I shall need to buy bean seeds and chilli seeds, and perhaps a few young pumpkin vines...sweet potatoes of course...I have made a lot from my vegetables before.”

From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya

A twilight stroll through “Carved” at Descanso Gardens is like walking through a Halloween fairy tale, as exquisitely designed pumpkins surround and dazzle us in glowing installations.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

It’s likely that pumpkins for pie fillings will cost more, he said.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 23, 2026

The dotty pumpkins and kaleidoscope rooms of Yayoi Kusama, who has died aged 97, were as vibrant as the artist herself, but her exuberant work was the expression of a long battle with mental illness.

From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026

Daisy’s husband Matt, for one, feels torn about the spoopiness that retailers foreground with their shelves of pastel pumpkins and rainbow-hued ghosts, and not just because of the aesthetics.

From Salon ● Jun. 30, 2026

Raindrops the size of bullets thundered on the castle windows for days on end; the lake rose, the flower beds turned into muddy streams, and Hagrid’s pumpkins swelled to the size of garden sheds.

From "Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets" by J. K. Rowling




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