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the winner in the contest for biggest pumpkin was a jumbo that weighed in at over a thousand pounds
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According to Heavy, Derby weekend crowds are expected to consume roughly 142,000 hot dogs, 18,000 barbecue sandwiches, 13,800 pounds of beef, 32,400 jumbo shrimp, 9,000 scallops, and 8,000 pounds of potatoes.
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Kait Hanson, Southern Living, 1 May 2026
Mayor Mamdani and City Council Speaker Julie Menin should open City Hall and other municipal buildings throughout New York City when the games are scheduled and set up jumbo screens in buildings.
—Norman Siegel, New York Daily News, 24 Apr. 2026
The new jumbo burgers were flame-broiled through an innovation the company had stumbled into by necessity.
—Steve Patterson, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2026
This isn’t subjective mumbo-jumbo.
—Sara Payan, Rolling Stone, 25 Feb. 2026
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Kait Hanson, Southern Living, 1 May 2026
Mayor Mamdani and City Council Speaker Julie Menin should open City Hall and other municipal buildings throughout New York City when the games are scheduled and set up jumbo screens in buildings.
—Norman Siegel, New York Daily News, 24 Apr. 2026
The new jumbo burgers were flame-broiled through an innovation the company had stumbled into by necessity.
—Steve Patterson, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2026
This isn’t subjective mumbo-jumbo.
—Sara Payan, Rolling Stone, 25 Feb. 2026
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“Jumbo.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/jumbo. Accessed 27 May. 2026.
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from Jumbo, name of a huge elephant shown by circus owner P. T. Barnum
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