ripen
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"If I don't use glyphosate to ripen the standing crop before harvest, I have to use more diesel to burn, to dry the crop", he said.
From BBC • May 6, 2026
Here, colgar tomatoes – hung on the vine to ripen slowly – are blended with good green arbequina oil and crystalline salt.
From Salon • Sep. 14, 2025
Trees heavy with fruits that ripen through the color spectrum as winter progresses are as much a Southern California holiday tradition as tamales and the Rose Parade.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 18, 2024
The durians are also less likely to ripen too quickly — and emit more odor — in the cooler night temperatures.
From New York Times • Jun. 16, 2024
It might ripen into something better than it now was, or, unromantically, it might rot away in his pocket.
From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes
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