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

At 72, Uncle Thing wakes up at dawn every day and weaves around his hilly farm to collect ripened durians, either dangling from trees or nestling on nets close to the ground.

From BBC • Jan. 10, 2026

“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

Slowly the river shrank as the grain sprouted, grew, and covered the black with emerald; continued to shrink under the ever more powerful sun as the emerald ripened into gold.

From "The Golden Goblet" by Eloise Jarvis McGraw