milking

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Podcasting can be a great business if you’re good at it, but I’m not sure anyone has ever been this adept at milking shareholder value out of a pair of mics.

From Slate • Apr. 7, 2026

With the afternoon sun beating down while the cows snort and moo, the workers inspect and clean the animals' teats, which are then attached to milking equipment.

From BBC • Feb. 19, 2026

And they soon embraced mechanized milking and the feedlot model to up their yield.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 14, 2026

The stories of her dressing as a shepherdess and milking the royal cows are probably no truer than the claim that she said, “Let them eat brioche.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 8, 2026

The next day, Mrs. Stroud called after morning milking.

From "Orbiting Jupiter" by Gary D. Schmidt