granary
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Faria turned toward downtown, mentioning that business owners are trying to hang on but that the old granary by the railroad tracks closed not long ago.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 12, 2024
But after the bodies were taken away and the granary was handed back, Mr Bufton's parents, Jack and Muriel, found the lost Iron Cross embellished with the swastika.
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2023
The central province of Henan, the granary of China, was recently struck by heavy rainfall that caused crops to sprout or be hit by blight, triggering concerns about food security.
From Reuters ● Jun. 9, 2023
All she knows is that her stately home in Chellanam, which withstood the test of time for nearly a century, is corroding and her granary is empty.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 25, 2023
In order to confirm her prediction she brought her cards to the house a few days later and locked herself up with José Arcadio in a granary off the kitchen.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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More broadly, the world is lucky that war broke out after several bountiful harvests filled granaries, says Joseph Glauber, research fellow emeritus at the International Food Policy Research Institute.
From Barron's ● Jun. 18, 2026
Many of the region’s other mountain villages were abandoned, their granaries turned into tourist attractions or, in at least one case, a “Star Wars” filming location.
From New York Times ● Jan. 19, 2023
European countries will consider providing temporary granaries to Ukraine, which faces a shortage of silos for new grain crop, Ukrainian agriculture ministry said on Tuesday.
From Reuters ● Jun. 14, 2022
The material keeps steel plants running in Ohio and Pennsylvania and feeds granaries in Michigan and across the Midwest.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 14, 2015
They rode past the blackened bones of houses and barns without number, chimneys sticking up like grave markers, the husked stone walls of ravaged mills and granaries.
From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead
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