melon

Whether your preference is melon, tangerine, ginger or coral - orange appears to be the big colour trend for next year.

From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026

At the Farmers Market, breakfast is maybe three oranges, two apples, a basket of strawberries, half a melon and two peaches.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026

Some batches are heavy on berries, some heavy on melon, but no two are the same.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 21, 2026

The son of an Australian melon farmer, Greensill worked at Morgan Stanley and Citigroup before founding his own firm in 2011.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 4, 2026

Missandei returned with a melon and a bowl of hard-cooked eggs, but Dany found she had no appetite.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin

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

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

Even though the chief sniffer, The Dog is no longer here, bitter melons still appear like clockwork reminding me that home, and my own, isn’t, aren’t too far away.

From Salon ● May 9, 2026

Hanako did not know if he imagined the same thing over and over, or if maybe he sometimes saw green melons and sometimes orange ones, all different colors.

From "A Place to Belong" by Cynthia Kadohata