crop circle
noun
: a geometric and especially a circular pattern of flattened stalks in a field of grain now usually attributed to natural phenomena or to the work of hoaxers trying to create the impression of a visit by extraterrestrial beings
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There’s a crop circle in a wheat field, too.
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Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 17 Dec. 2025
He is later shown standing in what appears to be a crop circle.
—Brendan Morrow, USA Today, 16 Dec. 2025
Birds, crop circles, and car chases abound.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 16 Dec. 2025
Anyone who has flown over or driven by farms in arid states – as close to Ohio as Indiana – has seen the crop circles and the big sprinkler pipes that move on big wheels.
—CBS News, 22 Nov. 2025
Like Pat's backyard circle, theories about crop circles vary wildly.
—Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Aug. 2025
Crocodile farms in Thailand, shrimp shellers in India, crop circles in Kansas.
—Gaya Gupta, New York Times, 24 Nov. 2024
Wheeled trusses that once were part of irrigation pivots — those rotating mechanisms that create crop circles — are repurposed as light poles in the parking lot.
—John Meyer, The Denver Post, 5 Feb. 2024
The Market Street crop circle extension was promised to be completed before one house in Stone Gate was started.
—For Carroll County Times, Baltimore Sun, 21 Jan. 2024
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Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 17 Dec. 2025
He is later shown standing in what appears to be a crop circle.
—Brendan Morrow, USA Today, 16 Dec. 2025
Birds, crop circles, and car chases abound.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 16 Dec. 2025
Anyone who has flown over or driven by farms in arid states – as close to Ohio as Indiana – has seen the crop circles and the big sprinkler pipes that move on big wheels.
—CBS News, 22 Nov. 2025
Like Pat's backyard circle, theories about crop circles vary wildly.
—Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Aug. 2025
Crocodile farms in Thailand, shrimp shellers in India, crop circles in Kansas.
—Gaya Gupta, New York Times, 24 Nov. 2024
Wheeled trusses that once were part of irrigation pivots — those rotating mechanisms that create crop circles — are repurposed as light poles in the parking lot.
—John Meyer, The Denver Post, 5 Feb. 2024
The Market Street crop circle extension was promised to be completed before one house in Stone Gate was started.
—For Carroll County Times, Baltimore Sun, 21 Jan. 2024
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“Crop circle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/crop%20circle. Accessed 21 Dec. 2025.
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