weed
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It uses high-speed cameras connected to an AI database of weed images to identify the weeds in Kokemiller’s fields.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
Weingart also sees maintaining healthy soil, with limited weed growth competing for water, as an important way of helping vines cope with extreme heat and drought.
From Barron's ● Aug. 16, 2026
So don’t weed your garden and pull them out.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 29, 2026
Grass pollen is dominant at this time of year but increasingly weed pollen is becoming more prevalent.
From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2026
Gradually they also started to weed the fields, to guard them against parasites, and to water and fertilise them.
From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari
Many residents have turned to cooking garden weeds as they have run out of the vegetables they managed to grow over the summer, she explains.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
He’s wading into the weeds by spending time in the field to understand what is, and isn’t, working.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
Joseph also was known as an executive who liked to get into the weeds.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026
Flowering plants in pollinator gardens, agricultural fields, and residential landscapes often grow alongside weeds that are controlled with herbicides.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 6, 2026
There was nothing in that direction but broken pavement, strewn with weeds and trash the Bear Clan Patrol didn’t let the youths clean up.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
That requirement has weeded out a lot of bad candidates for our investments.
From Slate ● Jun. 5, 2026
The new scheme "weeded out" those paid-for actions that were not delivering enough for the environment or food production and that it would "support food production not undermine it", she added.
From BBC ● Feb. 24, 2026
Eventually, AI holdouts will either get onboard or get weeded out.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 28, 2025
The long biotech winter cleaned up the sector: Many biotech companies that went public too early during the COVID-inspired biotech frenzy got weeded out by the sector’s subsequent weakness, Renna says.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 3, 2025
I weeded through the heat of the day, and every time I got down by the cobhouse, I had a vision of all four Cowgill brothers stepping out of it.
From "A Long Way from Chicago" by Richard Peck
DraftKings and FanDuel, which dominate the sportsbook industry, have faced backlash for weeding out players who win too often and catering heavily to their biggest losers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
Fast-spreading pioneer and weeding ferns created extensive fern savannahs.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 22, 2026
"While historic indoor markets present unique operational challenges, our maintenance teams are actively addressing immediate issues, including external weeding, deep cleaning, and structural upkeep," it continued.
From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026
Habiba, who spoke to AFP while busy weeding, is proud to have been farming in Nuristan province for decades.
From Barron's ● Jul. 1, 2026
Here they all were together, idle above their fields, nobody hoeing, godlike; nobody weeding, New Year’s in summer.
From "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston
