harvest
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A caller may be attempting to harvest your personal information.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 19, 2026
He was attacked as he joined the harvest as a symbolic gesture with Palestinians, for whom olives are an important cultural symbol.
From Barron's ● Oct. 17, 2026
Three villages had come together to harvest these olives, the landowner Amin Khalil, told me, as a form of protection against attack.
From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026
LA CROSSE, Wisconsin — September is both campaign season and parade season in Wisconsin, as communities across the state celebrate Oktoberfest and the harvest of fall crops like apples and pumpkins.
From Salon ● Oct. 13, 2026
She laid these out and began serving the rice and dhal, generous portions such as we ate at harvest times and ours larger than theirs.
From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya
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By revealing how a previously underexplored class of plant immune receptors can be engineered to recognize multiple fungal threats, the researchers have identified a possible new strategy for protecting future harvests.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 15, 2026
Some 1,200 sheep are brought in to graze on the crops in between rice harvests, and they leave behind organic matter, which enriches the soil naturally.
From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026
Facing pressures from "massive increases" in costs for fuel and fertiliser and "very mediocre returns" on his harvests, he is now considering using more of his land for commercial crops.
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026
Compounding the problem: Drought, heat waves and an unusually strong El Niño weather pattern are also endangering harvests around the world.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
We grew our own plantains and coconuts, the harvests were good and there was always food in the house—at least a bagful of rice, a little dhal, if no more.
From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya
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That price is paid primarily by the poorer countries where the main ingredient of fishmeal is harvested and processed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026
The number of grapes ready to pick or already harvested off the vine will be 35% to 40% lighter than average, the Sonoma County Winegrowers estimate.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
Food needs to be harvested, transported, stored, sold and — last but not least — purchased.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 25, 2026
The Royal Observatory Greenwich also lists the Corn Moon as another common name, reflecting the crops traditionally harvested around this time of year.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
I harvested the fallen ones from the ground below and removed their green calyxes at the base of the petals.
From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo
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And, of course, there’s a brain-melting plan for SpaceX to launch data centers into orbit, harvesting free power from the sun.
From Slate ● Oct. 19, 2026
Diamond said there’s also a long tradition of locals harvesting food from the ocean.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2026
Margin loan balances at Charles Schwab swelled to nearly $190 billion in the third quarter, fueled by the growth of one tax-loss harvesting strategy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
In Champagne, producer Claude Mandois reported harvesting three-quarters of an average yield in terms of volume although "in terms of quality visually and in terms of taste we had an exceptional harvest."
From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026
Stooping and harvesting tomatoes, she tries to settle her nerves by escaping into the safety of memories, when her skin was smooth as milky tea, her hair black as a crow's wing.
From "You Bring the Distant Near" by Mitali Perkins
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