banana
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For farmers, dry soils have disrupted the growth of fruit and cacao trees as well as banana and coffee plants, contributing to crop losses.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 4, 2026
Right now it’s banana ice cream with blueberries and it’s heaven.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026
Dan Miller, a 43-year-old software developer in Raleigh, N.C., found the banana hooks he made to hang under his cabinet weren’t strong enough to support certain loads.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026
So they lifted her onto a makeshift raft made of banana trunks, and carried her through the rushing water towards safety.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
She didn’t feel like breakfast, but Selkie fussed until she had a glass of water and a banana.
From "Nim’s Island" by Wendy Orr
The plant material included cultivated wheat, carrots, maize, bananas and peanuts.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 4, 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
The chocolate-covered strawberries are bright and juicy, but the bananas were a surprising favorite among everyone who tried them — and I don’t even typically like bananas.
From Salon ● Jul. 12, 2026
The Congolese proverb little by little, grow the bananas emphasises the virtues of patience and steady progress.
From BBC ● Jun. 28, 2026
And I feel bad being so annoying, but the sand between my toes is driving me bananas.
From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller
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