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pumpkin

[puhmp-kin, puhng-kin] / ˈpʌmp kɪn, ˈpʌŋ kɪn /
NOUN
vegetable
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The outbreak prompted Brookshire Farms to close during peak pumpkin season temporarily.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 12, 2026

The outbreak prompted Brookshire Farms’ temporary closure during peak pumpkin season.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 11, 2026

Despite Scotland's climate being significantly windier, wetter and colder than her native west coast of the US, her Fife pumpkin patch has grown from just over 200 in its first year to almost 20,000 now.

From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026

Do you have the same old chocolate bars in the pumpkin by the door this year?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2026

When she had everything stored at the back of the cave, she built a fire, boiled pumpkin, and toasted a few soldier termites she cornered in the baskets.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer

The house across the street used to have a stack of cheerful pumpkins.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

LA CROSSE, Wisconsin — September is both campaign season and parade season in Wisconsin, as communities across the state celebrate Oktoberfest and the harvest of fall crops like apples and pumpkins.

From Salon ● Oct. 13, 2026

With the biggest whoppers selling for upwards of £15 a piece, a fun family day out pushing wheelbarrows full of pumpkins can become costly, yet some attractions sell out quickly.

From BBC ● Oct. 12, 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

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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