pruning

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Shafer noticed he could wear a T-shirt while pruning trees instead of the usual hooded sweatshirt and knitted hat.

From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026

They’re pruning good investors who had a down year and keeping mediocre ones who got lucky.

From MarketWatch • May 12, 2026

Along with competitors, it’s raising bag fees and fares and pruning less-profitable routes to cope with a doubling in jet fuel.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

"I like to use the metaphor of pruning a tree," she says.

From BBC • Mar. 4, 2026

When they finished pruning the rose bushes she washed her hands and took the package to her bedroom to open it.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez