make hay
Example Sentences
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That matters because successful investors make hay while the sun shines.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026
The invaluable resource was being funneled into a single industry—the equivalent of mowing down entire grassland ecosystems to make hay for livestock, risking the starvation of deer and buffalo in the process.
From Slate • Feb. 4, 2024
She aims to make hay of these loans that might merely have been also-rans at richer, bigger institutions in big cities.
From New York Times • Oct. 19, 2022
He would certainly make hay out of it if they tried.
From Salon • Jul. 6, 2022
Later, the grass had been cut to make hay that would feed the farm’s animals through the winter.
From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan
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