Except except, somebody must like them, because more of these overripe fatties appear on restaurant lists every month.

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With the whole array done in what look like overripe Techicolor hues, the stage looked variously gaudy and flat.

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This would result in reduced fuel consumption per delivery and minimized greenhouse gasses as a byproduct of waste from overripe product going to the municipal dumps.

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For the event here, the company bought 35, 000 pounds of tomatoes nearly a semitrailer full from a farmer in southern Illinois who had planned to plow over them because they were overripe.

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In the past, this alternative was not possible due to the highly perishable nature of bananas and the unwillingness of the retailer or vending operator to absorb high losses due to overripe product.

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Or if we can't see it that way, we might just accept teens' potty mouths the way we do cracks in the pavement and overripe trash cans -- inevitable dings in this thing called life.

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The only thing my group of 8 or so fellow tasters could agree on was that we all disliked the Gramercy Tavern Home Brew, which had the smell of overripe strawberries, making it hard to enjoy its less offensive, starfruit-y taste.

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