ripened

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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

"These events have ripened one of the most iconic and important companies in the UK for a takeover by foreign investors," he added.

From BBC • May 28, 2024

“The way the fruit ripened, I was thankful. But it was just too much,” Cirone said.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 29, 2023

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

He had found some young puffball mushrooms and a plum tree covered with purple plums which had ripened and dried almost to prunes, when he spotted the bird in the undergrowth.

From "Stardust" by Neil Gaiman