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cull

[kuhl] / kʌl /




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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

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

Catching and killing sharks has a long and controversial history in Western Australia - there were months of huge protests in 2014 when the state government authorised a cull after a spate of attacks.

From BBC ● Sep. 19, 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

In order to unlock space for thousands of homes, developers would pay money that could create new wetlands, fund deer culls and restore rivers.

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026

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

Make two classes of fruit: No. 1 and culls.

From The Apple by Various

Avatar Musk, meant to appear like AI slop and spouting commentary culled from the totality of his recorded interviews, is pretty gimmicky.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026

What sets the show apart are lines like these, culled from Jefferson’s missives and brimming with vitality.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

In 2024, Xbox culled more than 2,000 staff and shuttered four studios bought prior to its bumper acquisition of Call of Duty maker Activision-Blizzard.

From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2026

Or they might recognize the Feng Shui Yundo culled from the nearby Korean Cultural Center.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 8, 2026

They were all bruisers and brawlers, culled from the younger members of the Dregs, the people Kaz trusted most.

From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo

For now efforts are aimed at culling the vast deer herd.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2026

Admittedly, Ms. Browne’s culling and slimming at times curtails crucial information.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 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

My father took a few days off to shoot duck, and then put the culling board back on the Portia Sue and headed out for oysters.

From "Jacob Have I Loved" by Katherine Paterson


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