fallow
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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
There is a fallow week now before Townsend's side host France and face the trip to Dublin.
From BBC • Feb. 21, 2026
In recent decades—since the 1970s—the Broadway musical has waxed and waned in terms of both quality and popularity, with fertile and fallow periods.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026
He was walking past the fallow field west of the Wood when he saw lights dancing in the copse by the river, accompanied by the most beautiful flute music he had ever heard.
From "Ash" by Malinda Lo
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