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From her experience, the grasshopper drawing attention in Arizona devours everything in its path, whereas the chapulín is tied to greener environments and specific crops, such as cornfields, alfalfa, and squash leaves.—Nadia Cantú, AZCentral.com, 25 Mar. 2026 The expansive property features 19-foot ceilings with large, undressed windows that open out to the water and surrounding cornfields.—Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 19 Mar. 2026 In the early morning hours in 1959, a small airplane carrying early rock pioneers Buddy Holly, The Big Bopper and Richie Valens crashed in a frozen Iowa cornfield, killing all on board.—Philip Potempa, Chicago Tribune, 5 Feb. 2026 Her body was found across state lines in an Indiana cornfield, nearly two months later.—Audrey Abrahams, NBC news, 1 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for cornfield