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Under the law, claims can go to federal court if a government agency denies them or doesn’t make a decision within six months, meaning the ones McCloskey dropped off could soon ripen for litigation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 4, 2026

Trees heavy with fruits that ripen through the color spectrum as winter progresses are as much a Southern California holiday tradition as tamales and the Rose Parade.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 18, 2024

They are selected according to how quickly their grapes ripen, and their resilience to pests, disease, and other environmental stresses.

From BBC ● Dec. 15, 2024

Ideally, he'd plant a variety that could resist the coffee berry borer, a beetle that feasts on coffee cherries, and that would ripen with greater uniformity.

From Salon ● Jul. 24, 2024

As children, we didn’t always wait for the fruit to ripen.

From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago

For most Scandinavian vineyards, solaris is the grape of choice - an aromatic, hybrid variety that's well-adapted to colder climes, ripens easily, and is more disease resistant, allowing vineyards to avoid spraying pesticides.

From BBC ● Dec. 15, 2024

Death is part of the natural scheme of things, he muses, comparing it with “an olive that ripens and falls. / Praising its mother, thanking the tree it grew on.”

From National Geographic ● Nov. 16, 2023

Summer ripens the leaves to a glossy gold until cooling fall temperatures induce a foliar flush of orange and red.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 1, 2023

Yes, she still cuts them this way, claiming that the kimchi, when left intact like this, ripens slower but ends up tasting crunchier and yummier.

From Salon ● Apr. 25, 2022

He tells us about Ahone, the god who is all-loving, all-forgiving, who makes the sun shine and ripens the crops.

From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone

She told the BBC that growing conditions so far in 2026 "meant that everything has ripened up really perfectly" and produce "should have really good quality".

From BBC ● Jul. 5, 2026

Maintaining storage temperatures near 12°C may allow mangoes to be harvested earlier, transported over longer distances, and ripened closer to their final markets while minimizing spoilage and quality loss.

From Science Daily ● May 23, 2026

Once they have ripened adequately, you can store them in the refrigerator for another week, but always serve them at room temperature.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 4, 2024

And the novelist Richard Ford once made it clear that questioning Ms. Munro’s mastery over the short story would be akin to doubting the hardness of a diamond or the bouquet of a ripened peach.

From New York Times ● May 14, 2024

Crops in the ground were harvested as they ripened.

From "Farewell to Manzanar" by Jeanne Houston

Their study, published in Tropical Plants, found that the cooler temperature slows ripening, preserves fruit structure, and activates the mango's natural antioxidant defenses.

From Science Daily ● May 23, 2026

Risk and ripening at Apple, Tojo’s destructive plan, a father’s formidable presence and more.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 6, 2026

She shows me ripening limes and lemons inside her allotment greenhouse.

From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2025

Without workers, the juicy beefsteak tomatoes that are ripening and must be hand-harvested will rot on the vines.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 2025

“They’re ripening very quickly,” answered Milo, “and we don’t have a minute to lose. Just think how happy the men back at the squadron will be when they get these bananas.”

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller