Example Sentences

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Here’s a tell on whether a coaching staff is milking the most out of its players: how they perform in new environments.

From Washington Post • Aug. 23, 2020

Coconut, hemp, spelt, quinoa, pea – you name it, somewhere a health-food startup is milking it.

From The Guardian • Jan. 29, 2019

And now who cares if Amazon is milking the postal service.

From New York Times • Apr. 19, 2018

“Labor is really hard to find and about half the labor on a larger dairy is milking the cows.”

From Washington Times • Mar. 24, 2018

One of these an old woman is milking, and a man stands by with his arm over the cow's back.

From The Standard Galleries - Holland by Singleton, Esther