graze
Example Sentences
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Environmentalists say habitat land can still be grazed and used productively, and having more of it helps make farms more resilient to extreme weather.
From BBC
In large part that came from the city’s decadeslong failure to grow, which meant that undeveloped land—miles and miles of it, grazed by cattle—lay within a few minutes’ drive of downtown KCMO.
"We can sit down, have a nibble, and then just go back and forth and graze," said the 30-year-old.
From BBC
When the floods spill over Botswana’s Okavango Delta every year, fat antelopes congregate in lush grazing grounds and big predators treat the islands like snack bars.
She says turkeys eat more feed when they can't graze outdoors so this pushed up her costs.
From BBC
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