combine harvester
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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The festival organiser from Brecon said the sky "turned brown" with the wasps after a local farmer's combine harvester disturbed a nest in a field.
From BBC • Aug. 20, 2024
By age 15, Gorbachev was helping his father drive a combine harvester after school and during the region’s blistering, dusty summers.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 30, 2022
And fully loaded with grain, a combine harvester weighs up to 36 tons—as much as a small herd of pachyderms.
From Science Magazine • May 16, 2022
On a crisp, bright afternoon in early October, Ethan watched his father weld their broken 1980s combine harvester head, which cuts and threshes corn.
From New York Times • Nov. 23, 2021
A combine harvester rolled down a field like a dinosaur, corn disappearing into its great, scarlet maw.
From "I'm the King of the Castle" by Susan Hill
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