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pumpkin

[puhmp-kin, puhng-kin] / ˈpʌmp kɪn, ˈpʌŋ kɪn /
NOUN
vegetable
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Starbucks is gearing up for a return of favorites such as pumpkin spice lattes in the fall and will begin testing sparkling beverages in a few markets, he said.

From MarketWatch Jul. 29, 2026

The carriage has turned back into a pumpkin, the ballgown is once again just tattered clothing and all the horses have gone back to being mice.

From Los Angeles Times May 15, 2026

"And then to give it some crunch, we used pumpkin seeds in there as well."

From BBC Mar. 27, 2026

We fold pumpkin into pie and call it tradition.

From Salon Feb. 18, 2026

She held the paddle in both hands and stirred carefully, because if the pumpkin burned there wouldn’t be any pumpkin pies.

From "Little House in the Big Woods" by Laura Ingalls Wilder

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

But when the request came in—Bieber wants to carve pumpkins with you at his playhouse—I was like, let’s see what that turns into.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 22, 2026

However the pumpkins got there, it was an uplifting sight, as was the greening of the mountains and foothills just up the way.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 17, 2025

And I thought of all her favorite things, like she loves pumpkins and she likes summer.

From Salon Nov. 2, 2025

They looked about them and saw that many of the pumpkins had been ripped from their vines and were lying, half eaten, on the ground.

From "The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa" by Alexander Mccall Smith




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