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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

Susan French, 79, who was visiting Diss from Long Stratton, Norfolk, called for "drastic" measures such as a cull.

From BBC ● Sep. 12, 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

“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

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

Pepin-Neff, meanwhile, stresses that scientific research does not support shark culls as an effective method of reducing the danger of an attack.

From BBC ● Jan. 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

"Good words, good deeds, and beautiful expressions A wise man ever culls from every quarter, E'en as a gleaner gathers ears of corn."

From Bible Myths and their Parallels in other Religions Being a Comparison of the Old and New Testament Myths and Miracles with those of the Heathen Nations of Antiquity Considering also their Origin and Meaning by T. W. Doane

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

AI-driven answers culled from sifting information in large language models might lack important context or fail to interpret it correctly.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 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

Yurok revegetation crews culled invasive weeds and planted nearly half a million native seedlings across 50 species, including redwoods and black cottonwood.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026

They were tying knots in the culled raspberry canes.

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

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 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

There have been calls for alternative methods to vaccination for controlling the infection among cattle, such as badger culling, as they can carry the disease and transmit it to cattle.

From BBC ● Sep. 7, 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

“He’s culling, down at the chicken houses,” she said.

From "Red Kayak" by Priscilla Cummings


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