bananas

Example Sentences

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Soon, the price of shipping bananas across the sea from Costa Rica will reset for the new quarter, at which point Barabino will likely need to start passing higher costs through.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 10, 2026

I’ll have a green smoothie with kale, spinach, bananas and blueberries and some collagen powder.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026

You wait until the bananas are nearly gone — soft, speckled, with that distinct on-the-edge-of-death banana smell — and turn them into something new.

From Salon • Apr. 28, 2026

Should we ensure a plentiful supply of bananas?

From BBC • Apr. 25, 2026

OPPOSITE: Plate 12 from Metamorphosis insectorum Surinamensium, showing a banana flower and young bananas, Maria also includes a saturniid moth with its caterpillar, cocoon, and pupa.

From "The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science" by Joyce Sidman