grain
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"It's because these films are so beautiful, so unique and so strong that they sometimes go against the grain," said Binoche.
From Barron's
He learned the ropes early and spent his childhood cleaning grain bins, baling hay and feeding the livestock.
They’ve stood the longtime food pyramid on its pointy head, instead promoting lots of meat and whole milk foods over a healthier diet grounded in whole grains and vegetables.
From Los Angeles Times
Indigenous peoples in South America had been popping corn for millennia, but it didn’t reach the U.S. until the 19th century, when whalers returned from South America with the whole grain in tow.
"We have no grain left" to feed the animals, one evacuee, Ibrahim Bernous, 32, told AFP at a camp.
From Barron's
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