Example Sentences

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On Wednesday, Lion Raisins made its first public statement, saying reports about Lion’s alleged conduct were “deeply troubling.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 18, 2026

Raisins may be a crop that disappears from California.

From Salon • Sep. 12, 2022

His studio’s 1980s commercials with the California Raisins and Domino’s Pizza’s Noid helped turn those characters into pop-culture phenomena.

From New York Times • Aug. 4, 2022

Raisins cost $4.50 a pound and nuts cost $8 a pound.

From Textbooks • May 6, 2020

Raisins and nuts and dried ber-ries, but no lemon, that was the rankest sort of southron heresy—which was queer, since he always took lemon in his morning beer.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin