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harvester

[hahr-vuh-ster] / ˈhɑr və stər /


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The harvester sweeps along, filling a large trailer with cider apples that Neil and his team have spent all year trying to grow, only to throw away.

From BBC Aug. 25, 2026

This Animal Farm does indeed put certain aspects of the book through a proverbial combine harvester.

From BBC Jul. 13, 2026

"Sometimes the wheat's too dry, so the grain is too small and risks being thrown out with the straw" by the combine harvester, said Franck Laborde, FNSEA's head of climate risk.

From Barron's Jun. 23, 2026

When his harvester broke down in 2023, the repairs cost him $73,000, and the work was done at one of Deere’s authorized dealers because he had nowhere else to go.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 19, 2026

He waited hopelessly for the Keeper to find him, but instead, to his amazement, he saw Ton-Ton’s shrimp harvester shuddering and groaning over the desert.

From "The House of the Scorpion" by Nancy Farmer

For mezcal producers and harvesters, that could make sustainable production more complicated.

From Science Daily Apr. 26, 2026

This year also has been a gift to tax-loss harvesters given the AI-inspired tumult under the market’s calm surface.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 18, 2026

“Robotic harvesters remain slower than human workers and make more errors,” says Jon DeVaney, president of the Washington State Tree Fruit Association.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 29, 2025

Mechanization soon followed, with threshing machines and combine harvesters leaving less behind for gleaners to collect.

From Salon Jan. 28, 2025

The same five harvesters were there, and Elvio talked and joked with them all, sometimes in English but mostly in Spanish.

From "Lupita Mañana" by Patricia Beatty




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