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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

Dente’s Verdant Structural Engineers was involved with getting straw bale approved as a building material and — along with advocates like Loescher — is pushing for the adoption of more nature-based materials into the code.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 28, 2025

Now, the fields are green again, but as Mr Curtis takes me out in his tractor, he has a bale of silage on the front.

From BBC May 29, 2024

Remembering that Mr. Johnson said Buttons should be eating hay, Nancy looked around for a bale.

From "Pony Problems: Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew, #3" by Carolyn Keene

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

His fields produce cotton that is exported, alfalfa that is trucked to dairies in California, Bermuda grass that is baled to feed horses, and honeydews and other melons that are sold in supermarkets.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 10, 2021

Both recalled joining the adults as they baled hay for Mr. Scoggins’s father, and breaking for midday dinner.

From New York Times Jul. 4, 2021

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

From "Jazz" by Toni Morrison

The Florida Panthers professional hockey team bought its own baling machine last year, a $30,000 investment that also included two shipping containers.

From Barron's Jun. 17, 2026

In a noticeable moment from “Cow,” a farmer baling hay strikes his pitchfork against a stone.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 4, 2025

S&W Atlas Iron & Metal had processed scrap metal in Watts since 1949, shredding and baling aluminum cans, steel rims and copper wire.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 24, 2025

“The misconception is that these are put together by baling wire and glue,” said Zeitlin, CEO of California-based Burnside Aerospace.

From Seattle Times Jan. 18, 2024

“You in Hob now,” Moses told Cora one afternoon when she came in from helping with the baling.

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead




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