fallow
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Formula 1's unscheduled fallow April is nearing its end, with the 2026 season resuming with the Miami Grand Prix, from 1-3 May.
From BBC • Apr. 21, 2026
McIlroy eventually got over the line at the Masters last year, finally completing the full house and ending a painful 11-year fallow period.
From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026
In France alone, about 300,000 hectares of land once used for cereal farming has been left fallow or abandoned since 2022, he said.
From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026
To reduce water use and comply with the groundwater law, Arvin-Edison is starting to buy some farmland and leave the fields fallow.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 21, 2026
The fear was that if the bomb failed, government support for all other work in the field would cease, and research into the atom’s benefits to society would go fallow.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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