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harvester

[hahr-vuh-ster] / ˈhɑr və stər /


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"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

Philip is a harvester of periwinkles, but says the sea snails - a delicacy in the Niger Delta - are hard to come by these days in the mangroves and swamps.

From BBC Jun. 3, 2026

Mills farms 4,000 acres with five tractors and a harvester.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 19, 2026

The cone ants used their tongue-like mouthparts to lick the harvester ants' bodies, even reaching inside their open jaws.

From Science Daily Apr. 14, 2026

The snout of the shrimp harvester was just visible.

From "The House of the Scorpion" by Nancy Farmer

Nebraska farmer Guy Mills figures he has spent more than half a million dollars over the past eight years on repairs to his Deere DE 1.07%increase; green up pointing triangle tractors and harvesters.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 19, 2026

He said he had seen videos that showed flocks of ravens hovering behind the harvesters so they could “feast on the carnage.”

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 21, 2025

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

From Salon Jan. 28, 2025

Currently, there has been much interest in using piezoelectric nanogenerators -- devices that convert mechanical vibrations, stress, or strain into electrical power -- as acoustic energy harvesters.

From Science Daily Jun. 3, 2024

She had no one but the old cook, and the steward family who kept the orchards, and the harvesters who lived in the village.

From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri




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