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Recent Examples of defoliate
Fresh buds may also be consumed if trees are severely defoliated.
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Pamm Cooper, Hartford Courant, 8 May 2024
The objectives were primarily to defoliate trees and thus uncover enemy troop concentrations and to destroy crops destined for enemy stomachs.
—Mark Fischetti, Scientific American, 19 Mar. 2024
The symptoms are very distinctive: the stems of the plants will turn black, there will be black spots on the leaves, and the most distinctive symptom is the plant will defoliate in sections.
—Chris McKeown, The Enquirer, 17 Mar. 2024
Dow manufactured napalm, the chemical weapon used by the military to defoliate the jungles of Vietnam while severely burning and killing substantial numbers of civilians.
—TIME, 10 May 2024
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Pamm Cooper, Hartford Courant, 8 May 2024
The objectives were primarily to defoliate trees and thus uncover enemy troop concentrations and to destroy crops destined for enemy stomachs.
—Mark Fischetti, Scientific American, 19 Mar. 2024
The symptoms are very distinctive: the stems of the plants will turn black, there will be black spots on the leaves, and the most distinctive symptom is the plant will defoliate in sections.
—Chris McKeown, The Enquirer, 17 Mar. 2024
Dow manufactured napalm, the chemical weapon used by the military to defoliate the jungles of Vietnam while severely burning and killing substantial numbers of civilians.
—TIME, 10 May 2024
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For anyone under the impression that dogs are being skinned, perish the thought.—
Rosalie R. Radomsky,
New York Times,
24 Dec. 2024
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Almond is the star of the show here, in milk, oil, extract, and protein formats—delivering fatty acids and omega 9s to skin for improved softness and nourishment.—
Kiana Murden,
Vogue,
18 Dec. 2024
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Jover sharply stepped out from the bench and in front of Mikel Arteta to bark orders.—
Jacob Tanswell,
The Athletic,
19 Jan. 2025
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Not for Your Health Barilla (1993) A cheeky, goofy-as-hell pasta ad in which Gérard Depardieu cooks pasta for a girl who fell off her scooter, causing an elderly couple to eerily applaud and a Toto-looking dog to bark its approval.—
Rebecca Alter,
Vulture,
17 Jan. 2025
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Strawberry Cardamom Frozen Yogurt with Balsamic Swirl Makes 1 quart INGREDIENTS 1 pound fresh strawberries, hulled 1¼ cup plain Greek yogurt 1/3 cup honey ¾ teaspoon ground cardamom 2 to 3 tablespoons balsamic glaze DIRECTIONS Place the strawberries, yogurt, honey and cardamom in a blender.—
Laura Mclively,
The Mercury News,
27 May 2024
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Rice kernels are then dried and hulled by machines before they're packed for sale in factories, lined from floor to ceiling with sacks of rice.—
Aniruddha Ghosal,
Quartz,
23 Apr. 2024
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Ingredients 4 ears fresh yellow corn, husked, silks removed 2 tsp.—
Julia Levy,
Southern Living,
6 Sep. 2023
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The Andaz Maui at Wailea Resort, for example, lets guests husk coconuts, take ukulele and hula lessons, and rent GoPro cameras as part of its $50 daily resort fee.—
Catherine Garcia,
The Week,
8 Apr. 2023
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The upper fangs sank into Wyatt’s left cheek, just below his eye socket, the lower into his top lip and right nostril, flaying his face in four separate places.—
Malcolm Brooks Malcolm Hillgartner Krish Seenivasan Zak Mouton,
New York Times,
31 Dec. 2024
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The massive main compartment flays open completely near the back panel for easy packing and unpacking, with several other zippered access points for stuffing or pulling layers out on-the-go.—
The Editors,
Outside Online,
18 Nov. 2024
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Instead of Black life maimed, denuded of dignity, and degraded, each portrait that makes up I, Narcissus is a study of delicious glamour.—
Essence,
Essence,
5 Nov. 2024
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Working with community leaders, Zhou's efforts have resulted in a significant decrease of ceremonial releases, denuding of wild populations and mistreated animals.—
Karl Schneider,
The Indianapolis Star,
17 Sep. 2024
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The shrimp should be shelled, deveined and preferably have the tails on.—
Robin Miller,
The Arizona Republic,
3 Jan. 2025
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With an emphasis on the outdoors, the club immerses kids and tweens ages three to 12 in Hawaiian culture, with activities such as lei making, koi fish feeding, and shell combing on the property’s private beach.—
Gina Kramer,
USA TODAY,
28 Dec. 2024
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Within an hour, the New York State Athletic Commission stripped him of his title and any license to fight in the state; other state boards quickly followed suit.—
Mikal Gilmore,
Rolling Stone,
17 Jan. 2025
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The epoch of reionization describes the period from 680 million years to 1.1 billion years after the Big Bang, during which high-energy light began to strip electrons away from hydrogen ions, allowing light to travel freely once more.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
17 Jan. 2025
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