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
Fittingly, the four-and-a-half hours leading up to them feel like a sheaf of love letters.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 5, 2025
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
Through three arched windows, dawn sends a sheaf of hallowed golden rays.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
Thus, along with their instruments they packed sheaves of what appeared to be sheet music but was in fact coded data.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
He was impressed by a man in a suit who showed up every day brandishing sheaves of paper, and who seemed to be in charge.
From New York Times ● Sep. 18, 2023
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
One depicted golden sheaves of wheat, another quarried gray ore, another the tufted wool of sheep.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 7, 2023
The road bent its way along the coast, dead sheaves of saltgrass overhanging the pavement.
From "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy
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