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Recent Examples of overgrazeThe factor may be that herbivores overgraze their range and run short of food.—E O Wilson, Discover Magazine, 11 June 2012 But unlike large mammals, the ants don’t overgraze all the vegetation in the area around their colony.—Brian Handwerk, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 May 2022 Managers extended the fall season and provided winter openings to try to hit harvest targets, something Fish and Game says is important to keep the herd sustainable, and not so large that animals overgraze or starve.—Zachariah Hughes, Anchorage Daily News, 9 Sep. 2021 As a result, proliferating shrimp could overgraze the algae that supports a healthy population, according to Luft.—Brian Maffly, The Salt Lake Tribune, 7 Dec. 2020 Cattle and sheep overgraze on the zacaton, and farmers burn the grass to promote new growth in pastures and cut it for thatch.—National Geographic, 23 Jan. 2020 In this case, individual Arizonans are being asked to guard the public good, while policy makers, developers and multinational corporations overgraze our water to the detriment of the greater good.—John D'anna, azcentral, 15 Dec. 2019 Without sharks, fish would overgraze and destroy our oceans.—Stephanie Bedo, Fox News, 16 July 2018
Which means Facebook and Zuckerberg’s purchases were attempts to keep Facebook great in a marketplace that routinely and ruthlessly puts former greats out to pasture.
Crucial about Zuckerberg’s keen eye for what’s ahead is that markets, stock markets in particular, are a bit impatient.
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John Tamny,
Forbes.com,
25 June 2025
But, having the right formula for long-term success remains elusive for many, with Canoo, Fisker and Nikola all put out to pasture with bankruptcy filings.
This practice involves growing crops or other vegetation, such as pollinator-friendly plants, under solar panels, and sometimes grazing livestock in this greenery.
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Robert Pearlman,
ArsTechnica,
11 July 2025
The President, speaking about border crossing numbers at the time, was just six minutes into his address when a bullet grazed his right ear.
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Jessica Schladebeck,
New York Daily News,
10 July 2025
Turkeys foraging in agricultural areas in the fall and spring eat mostly waste grains, wild plants, insects, and young grasses.
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Jalen Williams,
Freep.com,
10 July 2025
The team also wanted to understand how honeybee foraging affected pollen availability for native species, and what that might mean for the latter’s ability to reproduce successfully.
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Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
8 July 2025
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