bales
Example Sentences
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"Over the last four weeks, I have transported 1,000 small straw bales from the fields and scattered it around".
From Barron's ● Aug. 16, 2026
It was more common and affordable to have horses in the past but these days it was a "luxury" as the cost of grass seed, bales of hay and vet prices rise, Long said.
From BBC ● Jul. 3, 2026
Some climbed on the surrounding hay bales for a better pose, asking others in line to snap their photo in front of the cowboy hat emblazoned with the words “Arby’s roast beef sandwich is delicious.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 27, 2026
Richard Hodgson, who farms at Howick in Northumberland, says soil from the mole hills can also get picked up and incorporated into the bales of hay or silage, which "ruins the quality".
From BBC ● Mar. 22, 2026
The Aleuts had dropped the bales of otter.
From "Island of the Blue Dolphins" by Scott O'Dell
