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KERSHAW, S.C.—Lynn Lee had just arrived for work at the ADM soybean processing plant one April morning when she spotted the cars with out-of-state license plates and knew something was wrong.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 27, 2025

We meet a day after United have beaten Atletico Bilbao to plant one foot into the Europa League final.

From BBC • May 4, 2025

There is a poultry processing plant, one of the largest employers in the city and county, that has been hit hard by bird flu.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 6, 2025

A fossilized tree that was unearthed near Valley Waters, New Brunswick, in an active private quarry, has revealed a different and previously unknown kind of plant one scientist compares to “an upside-down toilet brush.”

From New York Times • Feb. 10, 2024

Everyone needed a partner to plant: one person made a hole with a stick and dropped in three com kernels, and the other person dropped in three beans and covered up the hole with dirt.

From "The Queen of Water" by Laura Resau