coconut
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She’ll opt for the coconut water with pineapple at her office, or a Starbucks white hot chocolate with skim milk: “I have a terrible, terrible, terrible sweet tooth.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026
Among them was Mama Nopi and her offspring Nopi, Naufal and Nopan, who had been surviving in a coconut and rubber plantation before their rescue in early September, Yiari said.
From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026
Beloved for its mildly sweet, nutty flavour and velvety texture, it later evolved into a party food, consumed as a jam or stewed with sticky rice balls in coconut milk.
From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 2026
Sweet potatoes and carrots can take it, and the coconut milk mellows everything considerably.
From Salon ● Oct. 5, 2026
Gasa husked a coconut and used hand gestures to convey his idea.
From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin
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As with whey protein, the beverage space has faced shortages over the past year, particularly when it comes to coconuts.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 11, 2026
Sun, sand, and coconuts probably sound good to many winter-weary Americans right now.
From Barron's ● Feb. 18, 2026
Almost all food—except for fish, coconuts and some root vegetables—must be imported.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 27, 2025
The film brims with coconut gags: Param and Sundari first meet by a tree, she vents her anger by furiously harvesting coconuts, and he finally confesses his love from atop one.
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2025
I found out that he’d never thought about how the sea grape, or die vines, or the coconuts came to our cay.
From "The Cay" by Theodore Taylor
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