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The long hot dry days have helped ripen the fruit and "keep disease at bay", as Luck puts it.

From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026

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

The important thing was to get the corn planted; it, at least, would do all right, though it would not ripen until late September or October.

From "Z for Zachariah" by Robert C. O’Brien

It ripens into criminality with the “Moorish” mystifications of the ex-con Malachi Z. York.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026

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

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

Love that sets forth the soul like springtime and ripens it like summer.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor

The water saved the young vines, but the heat ripened the château’s grapes faster, forcing Perrin to start harvesting in early August, three weeks early.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026

Many trees have produced no fruit at all, and others have dropped their fruit early, rotting before they ripened.

From BBC ● Aug. 25, 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

It was surrounded by palm trees and banana trees, and, when the bananas ripened, the students all got free bananas at lunch.

From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls

Quips fell out of her like apples from a tree, ripening and landing at just the right time in any conversation.

From Salon ● Aug. 28, 2026

A survey of the Young British Artist spotlights the intimacy and boldness that have characterized her vision, as well as the ripening wisdom of her latest work.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026

Back at base camp, the fruits were frozen to halt further ripening.

From Science Daily ● Dec. 1, 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

She looked up and squinted in concentration as though looking for a ripening pod on the kola nut tree was more important than what Master was saying.

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie