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- tractor 1a
1
a
: a 4-wheeled or tracklaying automotive vehicle used especially for drawing farm equipment
b
: a smaller 2-wheeled apparatus controlled through handlebars by a walking operator
2
: an airplane having the propeller forward of the main supporting surfaces
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Farmers threw beets, sprayed manure at police and set hay alight on Tuesday as hundreds of tractors again sealed off streets close to the European Union headquarters, where agriculture ministers sought to ease a crisis that has led to months of protests across the 27-member bloc.
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Raf Casert, Fortune Europe, 27 Mar. 2024
How to handle that animal feed, the tractors, the poultry harvesting machinery, the coal, the passenger vehicles, the tractors, the tin, nickel and zinc?
—Ken Roberts, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2024
As the protests turned into violence, police used tear gas and water cannons to keep farmers and some 250 tractors at bay, even as the ministers met to push through measures meant to calm the crisis.
—Raf Casert and Mark Carlson, Quartz, 26 Mar. 2024
Farmers on tractors blocked highways leading into Warsaw while thousands of their supporters gathered in front of the prime minister's office before marching to the parliament.
—Vanessa Gera, Quartz, 6 Mar. 2024
Even with graders, plows and tractors to help them clear snow, emergency personnel and tow trucks struggled to reach motorists for hours, some of whom were forced to abandon their cars on the highway.
—Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 2 Mar. 2024
They can be accessed for between eight and 10 weeks this spring, along with activities on the ranch, including tractor wagon rides, mining for gem stones and a strawberry shack.
—The San Diego Union-Tribune Staff, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Feb. 2024
As tractors take over the streets and highways in wave after wave of protests, the farmers have paralyzed major transport arteries and besieged Berlin, Paris and Brussels.
—Tilak Doshi, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2024
Dozens of tractors drove peacefully into Paris carrying flags from Rural Coordination, the farmers’ union that staged the protest.
—Sylvie Corbet, Quartz, 23 Feb. 2024
Raf Casert, Fortune Europe, 27 Mar. 2024
How to handle that animal feed, the tractors, the poultry harvesting machinery, the coal, the passenger vehicles, the tractors, the tin, nickel and zinc?
—Ken Roberts, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2024
As the protests turned into violence, police used tear gas and water cannons to keep farmers and some 250 tractors at bay, even as the ministers met to push through measures meant to calm the crisis.
—Raf Casert and Mark Carlson, Quartz, 26 Mar. 2024
Farmers on tractors blocked highways leading into Warsaw while thousands of their supporters gathered in front of the prime minister's office before marching to the parliament.
—Vanessa Gera, Quartz, 6 Mar. 2024
Even with graders, plows and tractors to help them clear snow, emergency personnel and tow trucks struggled to reach motorists for hours, some of whom were forced to abandon their cars on the highway.
—Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 2 Mar. 2024
They can be accessed for between eight and 10 weeks this spring, along with activities on the ranch, including tractor wagon rides, mining for gem stones and a strawberry shack.
—The San Diego Union-Tribune Staff, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Feb. 2024
As tractors take over the streets and highways in wave after wave of protests, the farmers have paralyzed major transport arteries and besieged Berlin, Paris and Brussels.
—Tilak Doshi, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2024
Dozens of tractors drove peacefully into Paris carrying flags from Rural Coordination, the farmers’ union that staged the protest.
—Sylvie Corbet, Quartz, 23 Feb. 2024
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“Tractor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tractor. Accessed 23 Apr. 2024.
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tractor
noun
trac·tor
ˈtrak-tər 
1
: a vehicle that has large rear wheels or moves on tracks and is used especially for pulling farm implements
2
: a short truck with no body used in combination with a trailer for hauling freight
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