extraction
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Its Emmett shop, more than a mile from the nearest coal-processing plant and several miles from any extraction site, is where its trucks get their oil changed and their brakes fixed.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026
Exterminators charge extra for extraction and often leave contaminated hives behind after applying insecticides.
From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2026
One problem they are currently trying to fix is that custard apple pulp turns brown very quickly after extraction.
From BBC • May 25, 2026
Los Azules has promised to use an extraction method that minimizes water use.
From Barron's • May 23, 2026
"He wanted to create fragrances. We Arabs invented the perfume-making technology, you know. Distillation, steam extraction from flower petals. He kept a kit back at the deli."
From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda
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