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cull

[kuhl] / kʌl /




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A farmers' union has called for the Agriculture Minister Andrew Muir to resign over how a cull of 51 cattle was carried out.

From BBC Aug. 14, 2026

An external review of the cattle cull was announced by Daera earlier this month, but the UFU's Executive Committee met on Thursday night.

From BBC Aug. 14, 2026

As avian flu spread like wildfire through the industry, poultry farmers were forced to cull 26 million birds, leading prices to skyrocket.

From Barron's Aug. 5, 2026

A previous order by former minister Edwin Poots for a cull of badgers was quashed by the High Court.

From BBC Aug. 2, 2026

The old-timers wanted to see how we’d handle it, wanted to cull the faint of heart.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover

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

She told AFP that because of the animal culls, her milk deliveries have fallen by up to 50 percent, resulting in a corresponding reduction in feta production.

From Barron's Mar. 30, 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

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

The "culls," as Chub called them, went toward the making up of the second team.

From The Crimson Sweater by Ralph Henry Barbour

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

The price of eggs shot up after millions of hens were culled following the UK's worst outbreak of avian flu between 2021 and 2023.

From BBC May 24, 2026

It will pair garments with artwork culled from the museum’s collections.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 29, 2026

Supplies have recovered, with the number of chickens culled during the last fiscal quarter down 70.6%, according to U.S.

From MarketWatch Apr. 1, 2026

Here are examples of how I culled information relating to Bigger from my reading: There is in me a memory of reading an interesting pamphlet telling of the friendship of Gorky and Lenin in exile.

From "Native Son" by Richard Wright

The culling is part of an opening phase that will test whether any other tools, methods or equipment are needed when crews expand the process next year, Barton told The Times earlier this month.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 10, 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

According to Shanker, limited culling may sometimes discourage wild animals from entering human-dominated areas more effectively than several other approaches currently in use.

From Science Daily Jul. 15, 2026

Asked whether Wales could see badger culling in future in response to bovine TB he said he agreed with Wales' TB Programme Board that the disease should be addressed "in wildlife" as well as livestock.

From BBC May 22, 2026

There Call, his hands in heavy rubber gloves, would cull, using a culling hammer.

From "Jacob Have I Loved" by Katherine Paterson




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