crops
Example Sentences
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A scorching summer has shrunk rivers, parched crops and tested the continent’s infrastructure.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
About three-fourths of the water that’s taken out is used for agriculture, growing alfalfa for cattle as well as lettuce, broccoli and other crops.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
Her father, Bill Huddleston, oversaw the farming of cattle, hay, tobacco and other crops, and built the home where her mother still lives.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
In an interview with AFP, she noted that few adult male elephants had died, even though they are the ones most likely to raid crops.
From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026
Food was scarce; in a nation at war, much of it occupied by enemy troops, it was difficult to grow and gather crops.
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
