coconut

Example Sentences

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"It's suffocating," the 36-year-old coconut seller told AFP in Chiang Mai, a tourist destination among the areas affected by dangerous pollution levels this week.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

It also got a reprieve in November, when Trump modified his executive order to exempt more than 100 food items from the tariffs—including the desiccated coconut Kesselhaut imports from the Philippines.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

But tariffs on the coconut ultimately added a little over $16,000 to every $85,000 container it purchased.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

Others believe it may have been invented by accident, a clever use of leftover coconut cream.

From Salon • Mar. 17, 2026

But she helped Nim clean the sand out with fresh coconut juice, and then Fred hinted that they ought to eat the coconut now they’d opened it, so they had it for lunch with bananas.

From "Nim’s Island" by Wendy Orr