ripen
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Under the law, claims can go to federal court if a government agency denies them or doesn’t make a decision within six months, meaning the ones McCloskey dropped off could soon ripen for litigation.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026
And like every such show, it can be expected to ripen with age, if age comes.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 13, 2025
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
They are selected according to how quickly their grapes ripen, and their resilience to pests, disease, and other environmental stresses.
From BBC • Dec. 15, 2024
We haggled with a handcart vendor for two big bunches of bananas, one ready to eat, the other still green, so it would ripen in a day or two.
From "The Bridge Home" by Padma Venkatraman
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