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Recent Examples of cornProducers of corn and wheat, which rely heavily on fertilizer, can spend around a third of their operating costs on fertilizer alone.—
Joe Hernandez,
NPR,
3 July 2026 The additional heat poses threats to how well crops will be able to grow — affecting not just sunflowers, but other crops on the farm, such as corn.—
Alexa Newsom,
Kansas City Star,
2 July 2026 Research shows that carotenoid content in frozen sweet corn remains roughly unchanged or slightly lower than that of unprocessed corn.—
Anna Giorgi,
Verywell Health,
2 July 2026 Residents can buy strawberries, donut peaches, toffee, traditional conchas, soaps, a hot plate of Thai food, kettle corn, jewelry and half-pound cookies.—
Haley Lillibridge,
Mercury News,
1 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for corn
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sludge
Noun
Little filth flies such as drain flies breed in sludge and decaying matter that can build up in drain pipes, says Oi.
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Arricca Elin SanSone,
Southern Living,
27 June 2026
The 29-year-old has arrived at Rolling Stone’s office in distressed cutoff denim shorts and custom boots self-designed to look like she’s been trekking through sludge à la Kate Moss at Glastonbury 2005.