cropping

Example Sentences

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The process got more mechanized through the back half of the American Century—out with the cover cropping, in with the monocrop, packed tight as can be.

From Slate • Apr. 20, 2026

Issues within the deal are already cropping up.

From Salon • Apr. 8, 2026

Not long after Vorcaro's arrest, the names of several high-profile officials began cropping up in the media.

From Barron's • Feb. 6, 2026

“Poaching is again cropping up, residents are frustrated,” said Anderson Soko, a Zambian who hunted illegally inside Kasungu in the 1990s but has since joined anti-poaching initiatives.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026

I was pretty sure I knew everything about Constantine—she had one sister and grew up on a share- cropping farm in Corinth, Mississippi.

From "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett