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harvest

[hahr-vist] / ˈhɑr vɪst /




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“We expect less wine production this season because of lower rainfall, and the harvest will start one week earlier than planned,” Naegler said.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 17, 2026

He grew up learning how to grow and harvest stone fruit, with the dream of one day owning his own farm.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 3, 2026

As a demonstration of the technique, the team also created a measurement engine that can harvest energy from the act of making quantum measurements.

From Science Daily Jul. 3, 2026

"When we harvest wheat, beans, potatoes and corn in the fields in autumn and bring them back home, we feel happy," she added.

From Barron's Jul. 1, 2026

Her chief festival, of course, came at the harvest time.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton

Yaghi’s Irvine-based company, Atoco, has said it will start taking orders later this year for its technology that harvests water from the air.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 10, 2026

Modern pesticides have helped farmers protect crops and increase yields, but some can also damage the pollinators that make many harvests possible.

From Science Daily Jul. 10, 2026

Cereal prices fell by 3.5% on May, as bumper wheat harvests caused prices to fall.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 3, 2026

Storage units have been financed by the UN, to allow harvests to be kept and sold when the market improves, and some of the women have received better seeds.

From Barron's Jul. 1, 2026

And again the harvests were good and Wang Lung gathered silver from the selling of his produce and again he hid it in the wall.

From "The Good Earth" by Pearl S. Buck

Antivenom is manufactured by providing a small dose of the harvested venom into either a sheep or horse, which trigger’s the animal’s immune system into creating antibodies.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 21, 2026

“Those higher costs are going to translate into these commodity prices when they’re harvested in the fall and into the early winter and 2027,” Volpe said.

From MarketWatch Jul. 18, 2026

More frequently, his crops shrivel before they can be harvested.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 7, 2026

It was named after the harvest season observed by indigenous Americans and signalled the time of year that wild strawberries were harvested.

From BBC Jun. 29, 2026

But the fastest boys are greyhounds, harvested from all over the nation for their speed and eagerness to obey, and they seem to Werner to be running more fervently, more conclusively, than they have before.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr

The independent China Tribunal has investigated charges of Chinese forced organ harvesting, and concluded in 2020 that the Chinese Communist Party had “beyond reasonable doubt” committed this crime.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 21, 2026

This approach is significantly more efficient and cost-effective than ex vivo therapy, which requires harvesting a patient’s cells, modifying them in a lab, and re-infusing them.

From Barron's Jun. 26, 2026

The species is now endangered, and the European Union has completely banned its harvesting.

From Science Daily Jun. 12, 2026

"Drones scan thousands of hectares to accurately count individual crops, assess plant health, spot early signs of disease, and monitor the growth of the piña to predict the absolute perfect window for harvesting," Vadlamudi says.

From BBC Jun. 11, 2026

The harvesting of the com was, traditionally, the occasion for rejoicing.

From "Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad" by Ann Petry




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