sugar cane
Britishnoun
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The elaborate stage design included a maze of sugar cane and a single-story house similar to the one he used during his 31-date residency in San Juan, Puerto Rico, last summer.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 9, 2026
Bad Bunny’s performance celebrated his Puerto Rican heritage with scenes from sugar cane fields, a New York street and a wedding.
From Salon • Feb. 8, 2026
The programme's true scale is unknown, but at a minimum it aims to plant several million hectares of rice and sugar cane for food and biofuel.
From Barron's • Oct. 17, 2025
Since 2000, 28 sugar beet and sugar cane factories have closed, leaving just 43, the cooperative said.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 19, 2025
New Guineans tamed sugar cane and bananas, while the first West African farmers made African millet, African rice, sorghum and wheat conform to their needs.
From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari
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