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Still, the asset-management firm said the timing for a potential deal is ripe, as Wall Street continues to undervalue Mattel and the current regulatory climate is open to major transactions.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

Such fine-grained analysis of fruit, if currently unripe, could also help inform forecasts of when it will be ripe.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

For 20 years, its orange groves have been ravaged by an incurable disease that causes fruit to drop before it is ripe, and leaves it tasting bitter.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026

"The atmosphere is ripe for a leadership challenge," another MP, talking of the frustrations in the party, said.

From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026

We packed our tools and any foodstuffs we’d harvested into the large straw farming baskets, along with ripe fruit from the farm to snack on, if there was any.

From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo

I spotted a box on the ground with rejected fruit, a little riper or blemished.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

It is still unknown whether chimpanzees deliberately choose fruits with higher ethanol levels, which tend to be riper and richer in sugar that can ferment.

From Science Daily ● Dec. 1, 2025

With this technique, grapes are picked riper with the intent of making red wine and some juice is drained off shortly after pressing to concentrate the color, extract and tannins in the remaining wine.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 28, 2022

The Isles had also won only once the prior five contests, so, in theory they were riper for picking.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 23, 2022

"Some wanted to smoke us out, but the big one said there was riper fruit upriver, and they made for the Mummer's Ford."

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin

The Justice Department has charged an Army special forces soldier, alleging that he used one of the world’s ripest insider-trading platforms to profit off of advance knowledge of a military operation.

From Slate ● Apr. 24, 2026

Jaimin Rangwalla: What makes technology attractive is that it is one of the ripest areas for disruption.

From Barron's ● Nov. 12, 2025

Sloe gin also has a Christmas association because the berries are at their ripest in the autumn, and its “earthy warm flavor” suits the time of year, she adds.

From Washington Times ● Jan. 1, 2024

And yet, Hollywood is increasingly viewing video games as one of the ripest, richest veins of intellectual property outside of comic books.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 21, 2021

My father was a master at leading us to the ripest fruit for our morning feast and the finest branches for our night nests.

From "The One and Only Ivan" by Katherine Applegate