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cull

[kuhl] / kʌl /




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Ranchers and livestock producers won’t need to cull their herds if a case is found among their livestock, and animals that are successfully treated can return to the food supply.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 4, 2026

Major floods in Dagestan, protests from farmers against an animal cull in Siberia and authorities blocking attempts to organise protests against the internet outages have also led to localised pockets of frustration.

From Barron's May 7, 2026

It has decided to cull some 80 of the animals.

From BBC Apr. 28, 2026

Egg prices surged during those years as a large bird-flu outbreak led producers to cull millions of egg-laying chickens, curbing supplies.

From MarketWatch Apr. 17, 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

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 vaccination alone did not stop the disease -- several culls were needed across the region.

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 Alden, Raymond MacDonald

Sinn Féin councillor Eugene McConnell said that while there may have been valid reasons for the farm animals to be culled, the public way it was carried out was "disturbing".

From BBC Jul. 30, 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

The local government's aim is to cut that population by half, and 24,000 animals have been culled so far this year.

From BBC Apr. 5, 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

And he swung both boys into the wheelbarrow and planted them on top of the culled canes.

From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson

“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

Souvenir collecting is often a solo sport, with spouses and other travel partners tolerating it or quietly culling the collection when no one’s looking.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 1, 2026

This week, host Scott Pelley was also fired after he confronted newsroom leadership about the culling in a tense staff meeting.

From Slate Jun. 5, 2026

Carl and the boys were out culling raspberry canes, and she found them down among the southward trellises, Carl cutting free the older stock, the boys filling the wheelbarrow.

From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson




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