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Lamont’s recommendation therefore, is to exercise patience.”IPOs are like bananas: they need to ripen before they’re ready to eat.”

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 23, 2026

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

But once harvested, mangoes continue to ripen quickly, making them highly vulnerable to softening, moisture loss, and spoilage during storage and transport.

From Science Daily ● May 23, 2026

And like every such show, it can be expected to ripen with age, if age comes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2025

It must plant one or two crop varieties that ripen at the same time.

From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan

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

There is a sense of stasis to the aptly named two-hander, which never ripens from a situation into a story.

From New York Times ● Apr. 20, 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

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

Bruce Nauman’s celebrated Conceptual art ripened during the decade he worked in Pasadena.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 17, 2025

The trip ripened into a controversy, as the court had recently agreed to hear a case in which Mr. Cheney was a party.

From New York Times ● Apr. 24, 2023

They all had branches I could reach from public land, but none of them had quite ripened yet.

From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan

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

"They're just ripening at a phenomenal rate," she said of her strawberries.

From BBC ● May 18, 2025

The company turned the so-called ripening rooms, where tomatoes once were stored, into dorm rooms that hold 14 workers each.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 10, 2025

I found elderberries ripening around a rusted air-handling machine.

From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston