Example Sentences

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He described how last October, he and his wife were harvesting olives when intense explosions nearby forced them to flee to Beirut, where they remain.

From New York Times • Jun. 7, 2024

We visited a cave in a place called Feuang District, this once remote area in Laos where workers were harvesting bat guano in these big caves.

From Slate • May 30, 2023

Before long, U.S. companies were harvesting millions of bathtubs of oil every day.

From Science Magazine • Feb. 15, 2023

Many plantations were harvesting with two-thirds or less of the required workforce, after government coronavirus restrictions cut off the usual supply of migrant workers from Indonesia and South Asia.

From Reuters • Sep. 5, 2021

Joel’s cows were harvesting their own feed: grasses that had grown right there, powered by little more than sunlight.

From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan