farm
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Thought to be extinct until a Wyoming farm dog dragged a dead one home in 1981, every living ferret descends from just 18 wild survivors.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 2026
Spanning an area the size of Singapore, the $700-million scheme is the first cross-border wind project in Asia and the largest wind farm in Southeast Asia.
From Barron's ● Nov. 1, 2026
The same defensive structure was rebuilt, a hamlet or farm was established on a nearby hilltop, and people were buried in a cemetery between the two areas.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 31, 2026
Instead, the two were “universally understood” to be a husband and wife on a farm.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
The Bowies’ hogs were the pride of the county, but I was glad we didn’t live downwind of their farm.
From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney
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On a windy hillside about an hour's drive northwest of Istanbul, the Catalca power plant was one of Turkey's first large-scale wind farms and has been feeding electricity into the grid for 18 years.
From Barron's ● Nov. 5, 2026
California has hundreds of family strawberry farms and grows close to 90% of the country’s strawberries, according to a 2025 report by the California Strawberry Commission.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2026
This approach, which state officials call the Healthy Rivers and Landscapes program, was endorsed by Gov. Gavin Newsom and supported by water agencies that serve farms and cities, as well as business groups.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026
While much of that money is spent on imported chips, the boom is also creating plenty of construction jobs in the U.S. as developers race to build server farms.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026
He told her that the Poles were sent to other farms or resettled in the southeastern portion of Poland.
From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
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More than 14% of farmed Atlantic salmon in Norway died last year before reaching maturity, amounting to almost 55 million fish.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026
Australia's Matt Renshaw played brilliantly for his 190 but was not challenged as he casually farmed the strike and protected Nathan Lyon in their ninth-wicket stand of 134.
From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026
But none are being produced affordably at scale, and the alternatives often lack the nutrients that support the growth of farmed fish.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026
Tom Kimber's family have farmed near Charlton Musgrove in south Somerset, in the heart of England's most productive grazing land.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026
A woman whose family had farmed the same land since the eighteenth century was carried from her house kicking and bellowing, to the delight of newspaper photographers and film crews.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
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My grandfather, who went by Stewart, had worked as a houseboy in Menlo Park, moved on to farming and later opened a grocery store in Sacramento.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2026
These disabilities can reduce household income, increase healthcare costs and push already vulnerable farming families deeper into poverty.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 30, 2026
Animal welfare was one of the main themes of the debates leading up to Denmark's March parliamentary elections, in a country known for its extensive pig farming and pork exports.
From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2026
He comes from a farming background and studied computer science.
From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2026
When Roz wasn’t farming, she was searching for a way to escape.
From "The Wild Robot Escapes" by Peter Brown
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