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For maintenance, Smee says he prunes once each season, four times a year.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2026

Halyna, selling dried prunes and mushrooms, told me she saw little cause for optimism.

From BBC • Oct. 27, 2025

"Then, the cell quickly prunes and filters many of those loops out when it enters G1."

From Science Daily • Oct. 24, 2025

Many Sonoma growers had historically considered grapes a crop of last resort, compared with more profitable apples, prunes and olives.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 11, 2025

“And prunes and creamed corn and cranberry sauce and asparagus ...” “All that?”

From "The City of Ember" by Jeanne DuPrau