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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Like Pat's backyard circle, theories about crop circles vary wildly.
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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
After a series of crop circles mysteriously appear in his cornfield, former priest Graham Hess (Mel Gibson) investigates and comes to discover that extraterrestrials may be responsible.
—Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 27 Nov. 2023
In 2016, the Chamber of Deputies received him following an invitation by a deputy from PRI, another political party, for a hearing focused on geometric figures, including crop circles, that appear traced in fields and are often called agroglyphs.
—WIRED, 14 Sep. 2023
The results can be startling, as when the artist produces a sort of board game in which such conspiracy-buff tropes as crop circles, crisis actors and Pizzagate are lettered around a core filled with churning internal organs.
—Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 17 Mar. 2023
Now it’s known that male pufferfish create the crop circle-like designs in the sand to attract a mate.
—Johanna Read, Forbes, 29 June 2021
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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
After a series of crop circles mysteriously appear in his cornfield, former priest Graham Hess (Mel Gibson) investigates and comes to discover that extraterrestrials may be responsible.
—Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 27 Nov. 2023
In 2016, the Chamber of Deputies received him following an invitation by a deputy from PRI, another political party, for a hearing focused on geometric figures, including crop circles, that appear traced in fields and are often called agroglyphs.
—WIRED, 14 Sep. 2023
The results can be startling, as when the artist produces a sort of board game in which such conspiracy-buff tropes as crop circles, crisis actors and Pizzagate are lettered around a core filled with churning internal organs.
—Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 17 Mar. 2023
Now it’s known that male pufferfish create the crop circle-like designs in the sand to attract a mate.
—Johanna Read, Forbes, 29 June 2021
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“Crop circle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/crop%20circle. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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