bales

plural of bale

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Recent Examples of bales The captain and seven crew members were rescued, and Nantucket residents spent two weeks recovering hundreds of bales of cotton. — Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 16 Oct. 2026 At the next checkpoint, however, soldiers pulled back the bales to reveal the Cadillac and the Ram. — Steve Fisher special Correspondent follow, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2026 Later in the podcast, the NFL star siblings reacted to a fan’s homemade Halloween decoration, which rendered bales of hay into models of Travis and his 14-time Grammy-winning wife. — Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 7 Oct. 2026 The custom installation featured 124 pumpkins and five hay bales spread across two separate areas of the property. — Jordan Greene, PEOPLE, 5 Oct. 2026 Bricks of cocaine and bales of marijuana washing up on the shore or being found floating at sea is fairly common in the Keys. — David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 29 Sep. 2026 Price Outlook The USDA’s mill-use estimates for 2025/26-2026/27 suggest back-to-back crop years with consumption over 120 million bales for the first time since 2006/07-2007/08. — Sj Guest Editorial, Footwear News, 29 Sep. 2026 The schooner remained intact on the island's Miacomet Beach for two weeks, allowing islanders to save 700 bales of cotton using skids and teams of oxen. — CBS News, 29 Sep. 2026 Pumpkins, corn stalks and straw bales available for purchase. — Sarah Kuta, Denver Post, 17 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bales
Noun
  • Available options include Disney+, Hulu and ESPN+ with ads, plus Netflix and HBO Max bundles.
    — Sophie Dunne, HollywoodReporter, 5 Nov. 2026
  • Though the company is still throwing off bundles of cash, the profits aren’t good enough for a ravenous Wall Street, and the blood of 1,000 staff has been let as Ted Sarandos and Greg Peters attempt to change the record.
    — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 23 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • One of those pay packages gave thousands of civilian city workers raises of about 24% over five years.
    — David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 8 Nov. 2026
  • Diamond could serve as a heat spreader or substrate in advanced chip packages, helping move heat away from hotspots.
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 7 Nov. 2026
Noun
  • Got lots of laughs, and one boy actually preferred the packets.
    — Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 30 Oct. 2026
  • Caffeine pouches, small packets placed in the mouth between the lip and gum, are marketed as a portable and discreet way to boost energy and focus.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 22 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • The elasticity of the cloud isn’t available in an air-gapped on-premise environment; hence, the size needs to account for the peak loads.
    — Karan Alang, Forbes.com, 6 Nov. 2026
  • PlusAI is a company working on autonomous trucking solutions with Nvidia, and the sand was in the trailers to simulate freight loads.
    — Nick Indge, ArsTechnica, 6 Nov. 2026
Noun
  • Data compiled by Bloomberg shows crude loadings fell from roughly 250,000 barrels per day in August to zero in September, marking the first such instance since the war began in February.
    — Melissa Hancock, Fortune, 7 Oct. 2026
  • Ateios said electrodes at these loadings have already been shipped to a customer.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 1 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • The recall affects multiple sizes of Tractor Wheel snack packages as well as variety packs.
    — Gagandeep Singh, Sacbee.com, 4 Nov. 2026
  • All 32 packs of the above got sent into the garbage with Stop Sales.
    — David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 3 Nov. 2026
Noun
  • There’ve been a few different iterations of it and many, many drafts.
    — William Earl, Variety, 6 Nov. 2026
  • Odunze and Loveland were top-10 picks in their respective drafts, and Burden was a high second-rounder.
    — Phil Thompson, Chicago Tribune, 5 Nov. 2026

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“Bales.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bales. Accessed 10 Nov. 2026.

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