Example Sentences

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When they tested the plants for herbicide resistance, they saw that the types of herbicides the plants were resistant to had shifted over time, likely due to changes in the varieties farmers were planting.

From Science Daily • May 22, 2024

Scott, responding to the piece this week, suggested that his opponents were planting these stories to distract voters from “our rise in the polls.”

From Slate • Sep. 9, 2023

"Not really," Biden said, before turning his attention back to the mangrove trees he and other world leaders were planting.

From Reuters • Nov. 16, 2022

The BBC's Stephen McDonell visited Zhangbei in Hebei Province, northern China - an area said to have been lifted out of poverty after President Xi suggested farmers change the type of potatoes they were planting.

From BBC • Oct. 13, 2022

The mulefa were planting a grove around it, because it was a holy place, they said; they would maintain it forever; it was a source of joy.

From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman