- a variation of bail.
bale
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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
Minnesota is now moving toward allowing hempcrete and straw bale in all residential construction.
From BBC ● Mar. 16, 2026
Unlike materials like cob, straw bale is adopted in the California residential building code.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 28, 2025
“Now, let’s begin . . .” An hour later, crestfallen, Ruby returned; Bloom was out back with his children, helping them feed hay bale flakes to their Shetland ponies.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
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Like all dairy farmers, Gordon uses the good weather in spring and summer to grow and cut silage - grass that will be baled and used as fodder for the herd over winter.
From BBC ● Feb. 26, 2026
He baled hay, trimmed Christmas trees and otherwise worked on his family’s farm.
From New York Times ● Apr. 19, 2024
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
After Palestine, when the cotton was in, baled and spoken for, Joe got married and worked even harder.
From "Jazz" by Toni Morrison
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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
He learned the ropes early and spent his childhood cleaning grain bins, baling hay and feeding the livestock.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 15, 2026
S&W Atlas Iron & Metal had processed scrap metal in Watts since 1949, shredding and baling aluminum cans, steel rims and copper wire.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2025
"We got some really good ones of raking up and baling," Miss Burke said.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2025
Carl dropped out of school after the eighth grade and worked twelve to fourteen hours a day on the farm, harvesting with a team of horses, baling hay, milking and feeding the cows.
From "Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal" by Eric Schlosser
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