- a variation of bail.
bale
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"A big bale of hay was £10 around 30 years ago, now it's £90. Livery costs were static for around 20 years before owners started putting up prices two years ago," she added.
From BBC ● Jul. 3, 2026
It is now able to bale its own aluminum, cardboard, and other materials used and discarded at the arena from event days and gets a rebate from Waste Management for taking it off their hands.
From Barron's ● Jun. 17, 2026
To visualize microscopic asbestos fibers in talcum powder, he brought a bale of hay into a courtroom and dropped a needle into the blades.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 28, 2026
She changed course and will now be going with a construction method known as straw bale, which typically entails stacking bales of straw to form walls that are coated with plaster.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 28, 2025
"Maybe Mr. Johnson simply dropped bits of hay when he carried the bale into the pen," Nancy suggested.
From "Pony Problems: Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew, #3" by Carolyn Keene
They continue to arrive from the US, Canada, Europe and Asia, baled up in shipping containers.
From BBC ● Apr. 19, 2026
Before Amazon, this “secondary packaging” was broken down and baled by grocers and big box stores without consumers ever clapping eyes on it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2023
If your balcony is on the breezy side, you can protect your plants by putting them behind tightly baled straw, or you can create a windbreak by securing burlap to the railing.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 30, 2021
The question has been raised repeatedly in South Carolina when radioactive waste, toxic chemical waste, medical waste and out-of-state household waste - baled or incinerated - have been transported here.
From Washington Times ● May 9, 2018
After Palestine, when the cotton was in, baled and spoken for, Joe got married and worked even harder.
From "Jazz" by Toni Morrison
Upstairs, children pore over schoolbooks, mothers prepare lunch and television sets flicker in cramped living rooms, all against the constant background noise of shredders whining and baling presses pounding below.
From Barron's ● Jul. 18, 2026
In a noticeable moment from “Cow,” a farmer baling hay strikes his pitchfork against a stone.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 4, 2025
"We got some really good ones of raking up and baling," Miss Burke said.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2025
Flower People corrals plants by placing parallel rows of 5-foot-tall posts every 10 feet along a row and wrapping the perimeter with sturdy baling twine.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 27, 2024
Walking over to the hardware part of the store, Grandpa picked up six small steel traps and a piece of baling wire.
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
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