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harvest

[hahr-vist] / ˈhɑr vɪst /




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Trivago meanwhile suggested that it was ready to harvest the benefits of its brand-building effort, slowing its ad-spending growth to 10% in the first half of this year from 20% in 2025.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 6, 2026

But plants further away were largely intact, with enough green leaves for their grapes to continue to mature in time for harvest next week.

From Barron's Aug. 6, 2026

Martin Lines, head of the Nature Friendly Farming Network and a farmer from Cambridgeshire, said this year's harvest "has been a real kick in the teeth".

From BBC Aug. 5, 2026

Cox said his crews continue preparing the next fields for harvest, even as mature lettuce is plowed under just down the road.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 31, 2026

Come harvest time, the entire community would gather together and work in one another’s fields—the White families as well as Colored families cooperating to ensure that everyone survived.

From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson

The effects of the near-total closure of the Strait of Hormuz are compounded by expectations of a strong El Nino, which could disrupt harvests across key farming regions and further tighten global supplies.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 9, 2026

The drought conditions have led to significant impacts, including low river flow and early harvests.

From BBC Jul. 31, 2026

Strong events can disrupt harvests, reduce crop yields and lift global food prices.

From MarketWatch Jul. 28, 2026

Yaghi’s Irvine-based company, Atoco, has said it will start taking orders later this year for its technology that harvests water from the air.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 10, 2026

Then Wang Lung forgot his son, for the harvests, except what the locusts had consumed, were fair enough and by now he had gained once more what he had spent on the woman Lotus.

From "The Good Earth" by Pearl S. Buck

The pristine farms, forests, ocean and rivers serve as the country’s pantry, where Māori food is regional, and ingredients are harvested based on seasonality and availability.

From Salon Jul. 26, 2026

Antivenom is manufactured by providing a small dose of the harvested venom into either a sheep or horse, which trigger’s the animal’s immune system into creating antibodies.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 21, 2026

More frequently, his crops shrivel before they can be harvested.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 7, 2026

Named after the harvest season observed by indigenous Americans, it signalled the time of year that wild strawberries were harvested, according to the Old Farmer's Almanac.

From BBC Jun. 28, 2026

He had enough freshly harvested tree sap to make a new pot of tea.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman

A short distance away from Al-Louh, a group of farmers was harvesting eggplants even though they were still unripe, knowing they probably wouldn’t get another chance.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 9, 2026

How AQR perfected tax-loss harvesting to help the rich get richer.

From Slate Aug. 8, 2026

She said he had lost 11 of her 18 hectares in a wildfire, and didn't want to spend any money on harvesting surviving vines if the wine would be tainted.

From Barron's Aug. 6, 2026

Gilbert said they have been harvesting at 03:00 BST to bring the moisture up, as at that time of day it's cooler and water condenses.

From BBC Jul. 30, 2026

“The harvesting is the worst of it. The idea of it.”

From "Burning Blue" by Paul Griffin




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