melon
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Some batches are heavy on berries, some heavy on melon, but no two are the same.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 21, 2026
That afternoon I eat my daal with rice, I pull out a box of frozen bitter melon slices to air fry.
From Salon ● May 9, 2026
"Our tactics continue to focus on deploying thermal drones, along with camera traps and humane traps aimed at tempting Samba out of hiding with favourite foods including melon."
From BBC ● Mar. 25, 2026
His rider contains only healthful snacks: granola bars, melon slices, grapes large as ping-pong balls.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 25, 2026
It had large seeds in the middle, each one as big as a melon.
From "The BFG" by Roald Dahl
But separate comments in the interview about the "strange" present of Japanese melons by Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi in May -- when asked about his "most crap" diplomatic gift -- this week sparked further uproar.
From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026
Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is under fire for comments he made about two melons gifted to him by his Japanese counterpart Sanae Takaichi, after a former Japanese envoy called it an insult.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
With dinner already half-imagined, I could pass the tomatoes and melons without treating each one as an alternate future I might regret abandoning.
From Salon ● Aug. 4, 2026
Spectacular celadons in forms that imitate lotuses, gourds or melons decorated with delicate inlaid and under-carved designs demonstrate peak Goryeo dynasty craftsmanship.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 6, 2026
As we carried water to my onions and beets and melons and carrots, I thought back to all the gallons of water I’d wasted in my life.
From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson
