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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

Tracye also has a vivid memory of sitting on a bale of hay to watch her mother belly dance at Pleasure Faire.

From Los Angeles Times May 7, 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

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

“Well, sir, but farmin’s for bigger stakes, Grandpa. A readymade dress or a can of salmon ain’t near as big as a bale of cotton or a cow.”

From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns

In 2021, Australia banned exports of baled tyres after auditors checked to see where they were really ending up.

From BBC Mar. 25, 2025

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

Eventually, all these materials wind up at one of four baling machines that compress them into giant blocks, which then get moved around the facility’s storage area by crew-operated forklifts.

From Barron's Jun. 17, 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

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

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

From BBC Aug. 4, 2025

“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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