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These men were sitting quite still in the late-afternoon heat, catching a break next to a stall that sells paan, a mixture of ground betel nut and flavorings.
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Diaa Hadid, NPR, 6 Aug. 2025
Papua New Guinea, where half of the population's nine million people frequently chew betel nut, now has the world's highest incidence of oral cancer.
—New Atlas, 4 Aug. 2025
But using advanced scientific techniques, an international team of researchers has identified betel nut chewing in an individual with no dental discoloration.
—Rebecca Cairns, CNN Money, 31 July 2025
The fear this instills in I-Jing — already ignored by her busy mother, nor attended to by her mercurial older sister, I-Ann, who holds a grudge against her mother and rebels by working at a shady betel nut stand — sets off a secrets-unearthing chain of events.
—Ritesh Mehta, IndieWire, 14 May 2025
By contrast, the betel nut stand where I-Ann works is more neon, greener, and darker.
—Ritesh Mehta, IndieWire, 14 May 2025
While dolphin meat is eaten and bartered with neighboring islands for food, betel nuts and other products, the teeth are the true prize of the hunt.
—Prianka Srinivasan Matthew Abbott, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2025
Bhutan’s main exports include fruit, betel nut, and boulders for construction.
—By Charlie Campbell/gelephu, Bhutan, TIME, 16 Jan. 2025
Rusty splatters of betel nut appeared on sidewalks near gas stations.
—Akhil Sharma, The New Yorker, 18 Aug. 2024
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Diaa Hadid, NPR, 6 Aug. 2025
Papua New Guinea, where half of the population's nine million people frequently chew betel nut, now has the world's highest incidence of oral cancer.
—New Atlas, 4 Aug. 2025
But using advanced scientific techniques, an international team of researchers has identified betel nut chewing in an individual with no dental discoloration.
—Rebecca Cairns, CNN Money, 31 July 2025
The fear this instills in I-Jing — already ignored by her busy mother, nor attended to by her mercurial older sister, I-Ann, who holds a grudge against her mother and rebels by working at a shady betel nut stand — sets off a secrets-unearthing chain of events.
—Ritesh Mehta, IndieWire, 14 May 2025
By contrast, the betel nut stand where I-Ann works is more neon, greener, and darker.
—Ritesh Mehta, IndieWire, 14 May 2025
While dolphin meat is eaten and bartered with neighboring islands for food, betel nuts and other products, the teeth are the true prize of the hunt.
—Prianka Srinivasan Matthew Abbott, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2025
Bhutan’s main exports include fruit, betel nut, and boulders for construction.
—By Charlie Campbell/gelephu, Bhutan, TIME, 16 Jan. 2025
Rusty splatters of betel nut appeared on sidewalks near gas stations.
—Akhil Sharma, The New Yorker, 18 Aug. 2024
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“Betel nut.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/betel%20nut. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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