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cull

[kuhl] / kʌl /




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Speaking on the same programme, Alliance Deputy leader Eóin Tennyson claimed the cull was being used as an excuse to target Muir's job.

From BBC ● Aug. 17, 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

Muir has also previously insisted that Daera had "no choice" but to cull the cattle.

From BBC ● Aug. 17, 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

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

Predictably, calls for shark culls have gathered momentum and volume.

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

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

From The Apple by Various

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

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 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

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

From Los Angeles Times ● May 8, 2026

I accepted all the gifts—the tables, the earthenware jugs—though I could not possibly carry them with me, and culled for travel only a small copper cooking bowl.

From "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

Pepe Barton, the conservancy’s director of communications, confirmed that work had begun this week, shortly after legal challenges to stop the culling were shot down.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 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

I could see my culling like a trail behind us on the quickly forming ice patches.

From "Jacob Have I Loved" by Katherine Paterson




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