crop
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But in a world of wars, trade wars and crop failures, bond yields need to be higher than they were because they offer so much less protection than they used to.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026
With an accurate molecular blueprint available, researchers can now investigate how these compounds from rye pollen, which comes from a cereal crop widely grown for its grain, interact with the immune system.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 6, 2026
Mora has been mired in a contract dispute with Giumarra Brothers Fruit Co. revolving around his nectarine crop for the last few years.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 3, 2026
The Munich-based company, which makes surveillance drones and other AI-powered autonomous systems, is among a crop of younger defence manufacturers attracting huge interest as European countries rearm.
From Barron's ● Jul. 2, 2026
The worst bore down upon the Irish in the 1840s, when the potato crop, their food of life, rotted in the ground for four years running, and landlords heartlessly threw their tenants into the streets.
From "A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919" by Claire Hartfield
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By gaining a better understanding of how chemicals such as sulfoxaflor influence bee biology, researchers hope to develop farming practices that protect crops while also safeguarding the pollinators that many food systems depend on.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 10, 2026
"Farmers have reported issues with spring crops and have had to start irrigating earlier because of the dry soils," a spokesperson said.
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026
There have been increasing complaints from farmers about damaged crops and residents over bear incursions into inhabited areas, sparking angry social media exchanges with those who defend the animals' protected status.
From Barron's ● Jul. 9, 2026
More frequently, his crops shrivel before they can be harvested.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026
If crops failed or prices for tobacco and wheat fell, as they often did, farmers went into debt.
From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis
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A wide river of cropped hair, crisp T-shirts, and adrenaline stretching almost 500 feet to Herndon, where they’re held back by an invisible dam about to burst.
From Slate ● Jun. 24, 2026
Mahnoor says he also cropped images of her with a group of friends, to make it appear that she was standing with a single man, insinuating that they were having an affair.
From BBC ● Jun. 21, 2026
While on her call, she quickly ordered a pack from one of the lightning-fast delivery services that has cropped up in India.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 23, 2026
These circles, Gray explained, are cropped photos of textiles from Mexico, Guatemala and Japan that he found at fabric shops around Los Angeles.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 8, 2026
On second glance, Gregor realized it was Luxa, but her hair had been cropped off close to her head.
From "Gregor the Overlander" by Suzanne Collins
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The Men are all painted with cropt Hair, and the Women with Forehead-Cloaths, unless they assent and consent.
From An Essay on Criticism by Oldmixon, John
Of these, the vellum copy is much damaged in the principal illumination, and is also cropt in the binding.
From A Bibliographical, Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany, Volume Three by Dibdin, Thomas Frognall
Yet good Gentlemen, looke well about you, and remember how Tiberius plaid the Fox with the Senate of Rome, and how Fabius Maximus cropt his ears for his cunning.
From The Simple Cobler of Aggawam in America by Ward, Nathaniel
"Tis now the summer of your youth; time has not cropt the roses from your cheek, though sorrow long has washed them."
From Faith and Unfaith by Duchess
I trust that cuddy hasn’t cropt your cashbox, Before your eldest son has got his portion.
From Krindlesyke by Gibson, Wilfrid Wilson
"But in Western Australia, they're talking about thousands and thousands of mice per hectare," says Henry, mainly through the northern and southern cropping zones.
From BBC ● May 30, 2026
The process got more mechanized through the back half of the American Century—out with the cover cropping, in with the monocrop, packed tight as can be.
From Slate ● Apr. 20, 2026
Issues within the deal are already cropping up.
From Salon ● Apr. 8, 2026
Not long after Vorcaro's arrest, the names of several high-profile officials began cropping up in the media.
From Barron's ● Feb. 6, 2026
When I opened my eyes, the sky was full red and Jill was standing up, cropping her grass.
From "Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village" by Laura Amy Schlitz
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