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harvest

[hahr-vist] / ˈhɑr vɪst /




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The region set a record this year for the earliest harvest given the exceptionally hot summer, which caused high sugar content in the grapes and forced an easing of rules on alcohol content.

From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2026

To cash in, some producers are focusing on keeping every fish alive and healthy until they are big enough to harvest, which typically takes three years.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026

A caller may be attempting to harvest your personal information.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 19, 2026

The Israeli human rights group Yesh Din said on Sunday that it had logged 269 incidents of violence directly related to the olive harvest over the previous 20 days.

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026

Autumn came; the trees flamed scarlet and yellow; the harvest moon was gold.

From "Carry On, Mr. Bowditch" by Jean Lee Latham

By revealing how a previously underexplored class of plant immune receptors can be engineered to recognize multiple fungal threats, the researchers have identified a possible new strategy for protecting future harvests.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 15, 2026

Facing pressures from "massive increases" in costs for fuel and fertiliser and "very mediocre returns" on his harvests, he is now considering using more of his land for commercial crops.

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

They buy avocado harvests and other crops from farmers, and sell them on to supermarkets.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026

Once, border migration patterns resembled a loop: thousands of laborers, mostly men, commuted here once or twice a year from Mexico to jobs in the fields, then on to other jobs once harvests were over.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026

“Such harvests as this,” he said, sliding the grains about in his hand, “and you shall not want for anything, beloved.”

From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya

Cambridge Analytica was a political consulting firm found to have improperly harvested personal data from millions of Facebook users for targeted political advertising, notably during the 2016 US presidential election.

From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2026

Gleaning Cornwall relies on volunteers to collect unwanted produce from harvested fields, delivering it to 160 food banks, community larders and kitchens across the South West.

From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026

As the production of seafood has become more globalized, its supply chains have stretched longer, making it tougher for consumers and grocers to know whether it was harvested sustainably or legally.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026

Chief Executive Bruce Taylor said the company won’t sell iceberg lettuce in the U.S. or Canada that was harvested or processed in the region between May 1 and Aug. 31, starting next year.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

The bare and lonely fact of it made her feel like a solitary stalk of grass left waving forlornly in a field after the thresher had come and harvested all the rest for hay.

From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood

Existing scorpion antivenoms are produced by injecting horses with venom and harvesting their plasma antibodies, making them expensive to produce, variable and effective only against specific species.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 20, 2026

And, of course, there’s a brain-melting plan for SpaceX to launch data centers into orbit, harvesting free power from the sun.

From Slate ● Oct. 19, 2026

Diamond said there’s also a long tradition of locals harvesting food from the ocean.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2026

Modern tractors and combine harvesters are so high in technology such as GPS steering that it's no longer such a leap to consider autonomous harvesting.

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026

We spent several days gathering white oak acorns and groundnuts, harvesting the blueberry crop and smoking fish.

From "My Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George


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