sheaf
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"I can talk about him forever, but that won't benefit the people of Bangladesh," the BNP leader said about the Islamist chief, to crowds waving flags with the party symbol, a sheaf of rice.
From Barron's ● Feb. 9, 2026
The piled sheaf of papers from his confession resembles a manuscript.
From Salon ● May 12, 2024
“This is not about me,” he said, handing me the sheaf.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 5, 2024
Charming and intimidating, he has the air of a weary hipster; a saxophone or a paintbrush or a sheaf of poetry would not be out of place in his hands.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 20, 2023
From numerous buildings hung great wooden images of things: a pig here, a helmet there, a fish, a jacket, a hoop, even a sheaf of wheat.
From "Crispin: The Cross of Lead" by Avi
At his farm just outside Tunis, Hasan Chetoui stood clutching dry sheaves of wheat, the ears empty husks, after managing to save only 20 hectares of the 150 he planted.
From Reuters ● May 25, 2023
Her organization sees sheaves of Social Security numbers available as “buy-one-get-one” deals packaged with other consumer data on offer.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 26, 2022
It was steered by its rear wheel, using steel cables in sheaves, and could turn in a circle with a radius only slightly greater than its wheelbase.
From Slate ● Aug. 2, 2022
Following along, we form our sheaves into simple offerings for the altar in front of us.
From New York Times ● Mar. 13, 2022
Her foragers returned he land was red and dead and parched, and good with gnarled cottonwoods, purple brush, sheaves of brown grass.
From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
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