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bale

[beyl] / beɪl /
NOUN
bunch
Synonyms


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It is now able to bale its own aluminum, cardboard, and other materials used and discarded at the arena from event days and gets a rebate from Waste Management for taking it off their hands.

From Barron's Jun. 17, 2026

To visualize microscopic asbestos fibers in talcum powder, he brought a bale of hay into a courtroom and dropped a needle into the blades.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 28, 2026

Unlike materials like cob, straw bale is adopted in the California residential building code.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 28, 2025

Many UK businesses will bale tyres and send them to India because it is more profitable and investing in shredding machinery is expensive, according to Mr Mason.

From BBC Mar. 25, 2025

He saw Hodor, the simple giant from the stables, carrying an anvil to Mikken's forge, hefting it onto his shoulder as easily as another man might heft a bale of hay.

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin

Like all dairy farmers, Gordon uses the good weather in spring and summer to grow and cut silage - grass that will be baled and used as fodder for the herd over winter.

From BBC Feb. 26, 2026

If your balcony is on the breezy side, you can protect your plants by putting them behind tightly baled straw, or you can create a windbreak by securing burlap to the railing.

From Washington Post Nov. 30, 2021

Alfalfa was cut and baled for ranches across the Southwest.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 3, 2021

Adams was in charge of feeding the cows bushels of cured, baled alfalfa, which were wrapped in wire mesh and required clipping.

From New York Times Feb. 28, 2018

After Palestine, when the cotton was in, baled and spoken for, Joe got married and worked even harder.

From "Jazz" by Toni Morrison

Upstairs, children pore over schoolbooks, mothers prepare lunch and television sets flicker in cramped living rooms, all against the constant background noise of shredders whining and baling presses pounding below.

From Barron's Jul. 18, 2026

He learned the ropes early and spent his childhood cleaning grain bins, baling hay and feeding the livestock.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 15, 2026

"We got some really good ones of raking up and baling," Miss Burke said.

From BBC Aug. 4, 2025

Flower People corrals plants by placing parallel rows of 5-foot-tall posts every 10 feet along a row and wrapping the perimeter with sturdy baling twine.

From Seattle Times Apr. 27, 2024

Walking over to the hardware part of the store, Grandpa picked up six small steel traps and a piece of baling wire.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls




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