cull
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The industry faced a crisis during the coronavirus pandemic, when the government ordered a mass cull of mink after a mutated strain of Covid-19 was found in the animals.
From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026
That’s why news this week that Greenland was planning to cull 1,000 Greenland sharks was so alarming to many online.
From Salon ● Oct. 9, 2026
In a rare spot of good news, the local government dropped the plan after national officials questioned its legality, but a future cull hasn’t been ruled out.
From Salon ● Oct. 9, 2026
The UFU president insisted that the call for Muir to quit was made after the terms of reference of the review into the Fivemiletown cull.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
“It’s not fair for you to cull every spend-happy tourist stepping off a pleasure boat at Fifth Harbor.”
From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo
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The model, which does not source without permission, culls mountains of data about the natural world from partners including the Smithsonian, London’s Natural History Museum and the Cornell Lab of Ornithology.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 23, 2026
Meanwhile, there are too few indications that China’s economic slowdown is leading to the sort of business upheaval that culls lagging businesses in a recession.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 8, 2026
But in 2016 several Balkan nations curtailed major epidemics of the same disease through swift action, mass vaccination and culls in about three months.
From Barron's ● Dec. 17, 2025
Drawing on data from Revelio Labs, which itself culls data through LinkedIn, the study finds companies benefit by attracting workers with AI talent.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 5, 2025
While cloistered Piety displays Her mouldering roll, the piercing eye explores New manners, and the pomp of elder days, Whence culls the pensive bard his pictured stores.
From English Verse Specimens Illustrating its Principles and History by Raymond MacDonald Alden
Late last year, he released “Holo Boy,” a collection of re-recorded songs culled from the deep archive—we’re talking dozens of releases—he built by issuing material primarily on the platform Bandcamp.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
DUP MLA for Fermanagh South Tyrone Deborah Erskine said it is "clear that significant questions remain" and called for an apology to those who saw the animals being culled.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026
The incident attracted widespread criticism after claims emerged that some of the cattle had been culled by Department of Agriculture staff in view of some members of the public in a field near Fivemiletown.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026
The other half of cattle moving through the plant were culled dairy cows and livestock from the southeastern U.S. and upstate New York.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
He had kept a 770- page diary while on the voyage; the book was culled from that.
From "Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith" by Deborah Heiligman
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They said that they did so in part by comparing the state data with “third party commercial data” sets and law enforcement data sets, and that they further vetted their list by culling dead people.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026
That is because GM’s premium brand went nearly all-in on EVs while culling a trio of gas-powered models.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026
The culling of farm animals in Northern Ireland is strictly regulated by Daera under specific laws.
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026
“I always think, like the song, about cleaning it up or at least culling it so I could get all the records off the floor and onto the shelves.”
From Salon ● Jul. 29, 2026
It was a lousy job, but twice a day, someone at the farm had to do the culling.
From "Red Kayak" by Priscilla Cummings
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