pumpkin
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And yet, for a hot moment, doubt started to creep back in: Was this the day Chesney’s chariot turned back into a pumpkin?
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 25, 2026
An as-yet unrevealed game-changing power would be bestowed upon one player, but only after they had to blow up the proxy pumpkin scarecrow heads of all but three of the most trustworthy contestants.
From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026
Some autumnal ale: It can be delightful when craft breweries churn out seasonally inspired flavors, but what happens when we start being served pumpkin beer in August, or Christmas beer before Halloween?
From Slate ● Oct. 14, 2026
Or add all the ingredients from mom’s pumpkin pie recipe that someone, at some point, texted to you, to your shopping list.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026
In New England it was used to make baked beans, brown bread, and pumpkin pie.
From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler
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I never got the point of carving pumpkins.
From Salon ● Oct. 31, 2026
One popular trend among candy companies was nature: treats inspired by the agricultural world, like pumpkins, leaves and chestnuts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 2026
Mike says he got a "notion for pumpkins" about two years ago, deciding to take a chance and experiment with a handful of seeds he bought from Amazon.
From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026
And the South Coast Botanic Garden in Palos Verdes Peninsula has “Magic of the Jack O’Lanterns,” a milelong walking trail with more than 10,000 carved pumpkins, s’mores-making stations and more.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
The pumpkins and the squashes were piled in orange and yellow and green heaps in the attic’s corners.
From "Little House in the Big Woods" by Laura Ingalls Wilder
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