pruning

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He’s 72 and does much of the farm work himself, pruning, repairing water lines and applying fertilizer.

From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026

They’re pruning good investors who had a down year and keeping mediocre ones who got lucky.

From MarketWatch • May 12, 2026

Along with competitors, it’s raising bag fees and fares and pruning less-profitable routes to cope with a doubling in jet fuel.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

In 2006, she and her colleagues discovered that the mouse version of LilrB2 plays an essential role in synaptic pruning, a normal process during brain development and learning in adulthood.

From Science Daily • Jan. 26, 2026

Weeding, pruning an apricot tree, planting squash and zucchini seeds, picking veggies.

From "The Maze Runner" by James Dashner