ripe

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The scene where the quartet plays their pre-wedding parlor game occurs about 25 minutes into Borgli’s film, and is ripe with instrumental, pre-twist subtext.

From Salon • Apr. 3, 2026

Brown-Forman has long been seen as ripe for a potential merger or acquisition, and it has attracted interest from other suitors in the past.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

Tomatoes, for example, grow in clusters, which means a robot must carefully select ripe fruit while leaving unripe ones untouched.

From Science Daily • Mar. 18, 2026

And it was ripe with free-throw-abetting fouls by the Washington Wizards, an actively tanking team that got itself blown out, 150-129.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 11, 2026

“Did you ever see an apple tree full of ripe apples this early in the year?”

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff