granary
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Faria turned toward downtown, mentioning that business owners are trying to hang on but that the old granary by the railroad tracks closed not long ago.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 12, 2024
The central province of Henan, the granary of China, was recently struck by heavy rain that caused crops to sprout or be hit by blight, triggering concerns about food security.
From Reuters ● Jun. 9, 2023
The NHS Better Health website recommends keeping a small selection of different types of bread in the freezer like bagels, pittas and wraps, granary or multigrain.
From BBC ● Apr. 26, 2023
All she knows is that her stately home in Chellanam, which withstood the test of time for nearly a century, is corroding and her granary is empty.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 25, 2023
From each harvest we saved, and had gunny sacks full of the husked rice stored away in our small stone-lined granary.
From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya
More broadly, the world is lucky that war broke out after several bountiful harvests filled granaries, says Joseph Glauber, research fellow emeritus at the International Food Policy Research Institute.
From Barron's ● Jun. 18, 2026
With warfare constant, palaces looked more like garrisons, but granaries and markets were full and lively.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023
Many of the region’s other mountain villages were abandoned, their granaries turned into tourist attractions or, in at least one case, a “Star Wars” filming location.
From New York Times ● Jan. 19, 2023
European countries will consider providing temporary granaries to Ukraine, which faces a shortage of silos for new grain crop, Ukrainian agriculture ministry said on Tuesday.
From Reuters ● Jun. 14, 2022
The villagers followed the stream past clusters of huts and granaries perched on stilts.
From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer
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