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harvester

[hahr-vuh-ster] / ˈhɑr və stər /


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The harvester sweeps along, filling a large trailer with cider apples that Neil and his team have spent all year trying to grow, only to throw away.

From BBC Aug. 25, 2026

With a roar, the apple harvester starts up.

From BBC Aug. 25, 2026

He said he would hang on until next week to cut his wheat, for fear the combine harvester would spark a fire in the parched crop.

From Barron's Jun. 23, 2026

When his harvester broke down in 2023, the repairs cost him $73,000, and the work was done at one of Deere’s authorized dealers because he had nowhere else to go.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 19, 2026

The boy had clamped the jaws of the shrimp harvester on to a single wire in the fence.

From "The House of the Scorpion" by Nancy Farmer

The Taylor family is credited with helping to pioneer numerous innovations, from bagged salads to the U.S. industry’s first automated harvesters for romaine lettuce, cabbage and celery.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 18, 2026

For mezcal producers and harvesters, that could make sustainable production more complicated.

From Science Daily Apr. 26, 2026

This year also has been a gift to tax-loss harvesters given the AI-inspired tumult under the market’s calm surface.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 18, 2026

Mechanization soon followed, with threshing machines and combine harvesters leaving less behind for gleaners to collect.

From Salon Jan. 28, 2025

The same five harvesters were there, and Elvio talked and joked with them all, sometimes in English but mostly in Spanish.

From "Lupita Mañana" by Patricia Beatty




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