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Bananas are green when unripe.
unripe and unprepared recruits who were sent into battle as cannon fodder
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There is not much to be gained by Washington’s doing more in the region right now, especially if more is defined in terms of large, prolonged military interventions designed to remake societies decidedly unripe for democracy.
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Richard Haass, Foreign Affairs, 3 Apr. 2013
Edamame Edamame, or fresh, unripe soybeans, offer many nutritional benefits and may be a great late-night snack.
—Chelsea Rae Bourgeois, Rdn, Health, 30 Sep. 2024
Cooler temperatures decrease the pace of ripening. Firm, unripe, uncut avocados should be stored at room temperature (68° to 75°F), the Hass Avocado Board and Sarah Brekke, M.S., Better Homes & Gardens Test Kitchen brand manager agree.
—Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Sep. 2024
On a hot morning in mid-July at the community farm, a patch of lush green ringed by high-rise apartments, Oh inspected his bananas’ progress: still unripe but noticeably fatter.
—Tribune News Service, Hartford Courant, 2 Aug. 2024
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Richard Haass, Foreign Affairs, 3 Apr. 2013
Edamame Edamame, or fresh, unripe soybeans, offer many nutritional benefits and may be a great late-night snack.
—Chelsea Rae Bourgeois, Rdn, Health, 30 Sep. 2024
Cooler temperatures decrease the pace of ripening. Firm, unripe, uncut avocados should be stored at room temperature (68° to 75°F), the Hass Avocado Board and Sarah Brekke, M.S., Better Homes & Gardens Test Kitchen brand manager agree.
—Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Sep. 2024
On a hot morning in mid-July at the community farm, a patch of lush green ringed by high-rise apartments, Oh inspected his bananas’ progress: still unripe but noticeably fatter.
—Tribune News Service, Hartford Courant, 2 Aug. 2024
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“Unripe.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unripe. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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