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watermelon

[waw-ter-mel-uhn, wot-er-] / ˈwɔ tərˌmɛl ən, ˈwɒt ər- /




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I spoke to one of the boat staff, Alessio, after he had finished handing round slices of watermelon to the clientele.

From Slate ● Sep. 8, 2026

That includes her niece who has cleared the entire fridge of any produce, tossing it all into the rubbish, including what Michelle saw as a perfectly good watermelon.

From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026

When the last of the children are called home, the watermelon pool closes for the season.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026

There’s no way Clayton’s very seared salmon with watermelon radish can top a Jean-Georges chocolate mousse.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 12, 2026

I have no memory at all of that summer’s day, no privileged knowledge of whether that child succeeded in getting the watermelon into her mouth.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker

He also grows tomatoes, peppers, chillies, watermelons and sweet potatoes to avoid having to rely heavily on supermarkets.

From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026

At Kampala’s Mirembe food market, where stalls overflow with watermelons and green bananas, fish vendor Medie Waiswa uses disinfectant every morning to clean his countertop, storage cabinet, chairs and motorcycle handlebars.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026

Like, for example, when he recently invited Letterman back to “The Late Show” for one last goodbye and recruited him to throw company furniture, watermelons and a three-tiered cake off the theater’s roof.

From Salon ● May 21, 2026

"We're like watermelons, green on the outside, red on the inside," said Peter Gunn, 67, who has switched to Greens from Labour after 45 years.

From Barron's ● Feb. 24, 2026

On another occasion the younger monk presented us with four ripe watermelons from his garden.

From "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien




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