bananas
Example Sentences
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He said he and his wife Antoinette had worked their land for decades to grow manioc and bananas on steep fields that had taken a toll on his wife's back.
From Barron's • Mar. 14, 2026
“All the volatility curves kind of inform each other. It’s hard for bond volatility to go bananas and not bleed into equity volatility.”
From MarketWatch • Mar. 3, 2026
Hammered over affordability, he carved out exemptions for coffee, bananas and other products.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 21, 2026
Everything became more expensive at the start of the year: meat, milk, salt, flour, potatoes, pasta, bananas, soap, toothpaste, socks, laundry detergent, and many medicines too.
From BBC • Feb. 17, 2026
She found the remnants of a farm and gorged herself on bananas gone wild.
From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.