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melon

[mel-uhn] / ˈmɛl ən /


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Some batches are heavy on berries, some heavy on melon, but no two are the same.

From MarketWatch Jul. 21, 2026

Dietitian Kate Hilton says she's drinking more iced water and eating cool, hydrating foods like cucumber, tomatoes, melon and frozen smoothies.

From BBC Jun. 25, 2026

In a week or is it two, a mini bitter melon.

From Salon May 9, 2026

His rider contains only healthful snacks: granola bars, melon slices, grapes large as ping-pong balls.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 25, 2026

A ruptured melon lolls in the drive like an amputated head.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr

Spectacular celadons in forms that imitate lotuses, gourds or melons decorated with delicate inlaid and under-carved designs demonstrate peak Goryeo dynasty craftsmanship.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 6, 2026

Farmers arrived at dawn with tomatoes, gourds, chillies, lemons and melons.

From BBC Jun. 1, 2026

Even though the chief sniffer, The Dog is no longer here, bitter melons still appear like clockwork reminding me that home, and my own, isn’t, aren’t too far away.

From Salon May 9, 2026

It was like a fire bucket brigade, with workers passing the melons down the line to be placed into large boxes on a flatbed, a process the owner called “pitching.”

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 30, 2025

Jhiqui roasted the meat with sweet- grass and firepods, basting it with honey as it cooked, and there were melons and pomegranates and plums and some queer eastern fruit Dany did not know.

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin




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