duster

In Kern County: Mistaken for a government agent by foreign spies, Roger Thornhill, played by Cary Grant, is chased across a barren field in Indiana by a crop duster in “North by Northwest.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 16, 2026

Find a duster extender or ladder to make sure you can reach the ceiling and the tops of cabinets and refrigerators.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 16, 2025

Don’t use a feather duster or anything similar that stirs up dust, Filippelli said.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 15, 2024

Hankey even hired a crop duster to fly over half of his 30 acres to test whether the plane would move more pollen around in the air and improve fertilization.

From Reuters ● Dec. 21, 2022

Sometimes the ponds receive not only contaminated runoff but also a direct dose as crop-dusting pilots neglect to shut off the duster in passing over a pond.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson

Procter & Gamble reported volume declined 2% in the latest quarter in its home and fabric-care division, which includes brands like Tide detergent, Dawn dish liquid and Swiffer dusters.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2025

Every time a banana tree sprouts a leaf, it's newly vulnerable to fungal infection, so farmers spray fungicide from crop dusters and enclose growing fruits in plastic bags loaded with insecticide to deter bugs.

From Scientific American ● Sep. 22, 2023

It’s also the first time that Ontario-based designer JaVonnie Bryant has sold her products, which include colorful pre-wrapped turbans, Afrocentric-patterned hats and luxurious dusters.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 22, 2021

He agreed he had an interest in collecting weapons, such as crossbows, knuckle dusters, knives and swords.

From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2020

As Dad and Mother, dressed in dusters and wearing goggles, went scorching through the streets of Boston, bystanders tossed insults and ridicule in their direction.

From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey