cull
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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
The Brazil centre-half arrived at PSG from Roma in 2013, surviving Luis Enrique's cull of big names because the coach is wise enough to see a consummate professional and world-class defender when he sees one.
From BBC ● May 6, 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
Barring a cull of that workforce, Spurs will have to keep paying top-tier European salaries while not even playing in the English top flight.
From BBC ● Mar. 5, 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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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
Like Charles Reade, Miss Anna Katherine Green is a believer in scrap-books, and culls from newspapers accounts of strange events.
From Methods of Authors by Erichsen, Hugo
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
Billy hails from a herd in Malaysia that was culled to clear land for palm and rubber plantations, according to the zoo.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 31, 2026
“We help about 1,400 families a month and we plucked out who had experience at large financial institutions that we could learn from, and culled records from at least a thousand,” said Walter.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 27, 2026
He also tried to reassure Ospreys fans a decision has not been made on its future as the professional team being culled, although they should still be concerned.
From BBC ● Feb. 26, 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
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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
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
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
The bird flu outbreak is ongoing and has led to the culling of millions of birds, mostly turkeys, over the past few months.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026
In the 193os, America was infatuated with the pseudoscience of eugenics and its promise of strengthening the human race by culling the “unfit” from the genetic pool.
From "Unbroken" by Laura Hillenbrand
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