weeded

Example Sentences

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The late ayatollah over the years weeded out potential clerical rivals, including former President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, who played kingmaker when Khamenei was selected as supreme leader in 1989.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 1, 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

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

During the summer, Massa mostly worked alone keeping the newly planted sections of the corridor weeded and watered.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 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