cull

Example Sentences

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Barring a cull of that workforce, Spurs will have to keep paying top-tier European salaries while not even playing in the English top flight.

From BBC • Mar. 5, 2026

For now, I’m sticking with Google Photos, with a standing quarterly calendar appointment to cull and curate my library.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 22, 2026

Hunting groups like Safari Club International and the California Rifle and Pistol Assn., as well as animal rights groups In Defense of Animals and the Humane Society, also oppose the cull.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 3, 2026

Hokkaido plans to cull 1,200 bears annually over the next decade.

From Barron's • Dec. 24, 2025

There Call, his hands in heavy rubber gloves, would cull, using a culling hammer.

From "Jacob Have I Loved" by Katherine Paterson