livestock
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Settlers regarded the massive predators as a serious threat to people and livestock and hunted them aggressively, driving the population in the contiguous U.S. to fewer than 1,000 animals.
From Los Angeles Times • May 8, 2026
That’s enough for a moderate risk, across Southern California, of heat-related illness for pets, livestock and people who are sensitive to heat.
From Los Angeles Times • May 4, 2026
Shares began sliding last week after the company, which sells a range of products from livestock feed to lawn mowers, posted weaker-than-expected earnings for the first quarter and held its full-year guidance steady.
From Barron's • Apr. 30, 2026
Sydney Vythilingum, 70, says his family was promised livestock that never arrived.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 2026
In human societies possessing domestic animals, livestock fed more people in four distinct ways: by furnishing meat, milk, and fertilizer and by pulling plows.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
Vocabulary lists containing livestock
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Down on the Farm
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The United States
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