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tractor

[trak-ter] / ˈtræk tər /


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I was a kid driving a tractor, listening to a transistor radio hanging from my umbrella, and I said, “That’s the guy I want to write songs for.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2026

Inside the cab or the tractor, there remains a steering wheel and seats.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2026

Bambi had lost a foot in a tractor accident when she was a child.

From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2026

Several hundred farmers demonstrated this month in the Bolivian city of Cochabamba against diesel costs -- one of them pulling a tractor with a rope.

From Barron's ● Sep. 16, 2026

Mama said something else, but her words were drowned out by Tidings, riding the tractor back toward the shed.

From Each Little Bird That Sings by Deborah Wiles

Almost a century ago, County Down-born inventor Harry Ferguson transformed the farming industry when he developed the linkage system still used in tractors today.

From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2026

Mallat, who has recently published a book on maths and AI, makes a distinction between what is happening and the mechanisation of agriculture when tractors came on the scene.

From Barron's ● Oct. 20, 2026

This is diesel meant for off-road use by farmers in combines and tractors and for home heating.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026

This season, Yerxa said he’s paying roughly double for the diesel he uses to power the farm’s tractors, combines, harvesters and dozens of other heavy-duty machines.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026

The sounds of tractors, bicycle bells, and children playing cricket in the street filled me with a sense of calm.

From "Amal Unbound" by Aisha Saeed


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