a book reviewer who is one of the pickers of the Pulitzer Prize for fiction
Recent Examples on the WebThe first major farm union organizing drive in the state, among hops pickers in Wheatland, north of Sacramento, was broken up by four companies of the National Guard called out by Gov. Hiram Johnson in 1913.—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 16 May 2024 Below a forested hillside, tea pickers in colorful saris moved among rows of electric-green bushes, as if the scene were set to high contrast.—Erin Vivid Riley, Travel + Leisure, 1 Apr. 2024 The untitled French thriller series revolves around a young mother on the run finds an unexpected opportunity to bounce back by becoming a picker in a prestigious flower farm in Provence.—Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 19 Mar. 2024 Half of the participants — a mix of tea pickers, weavers and seamstresses between 35 and 65 — were randomly chosen to receive a free pair of reading glasses.—Andrew Jacobs, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2024 During her time as a volunteer grape picker at Sonoita Vineyards, Stranik fell in love with the farming and production sides of the industry.—Georgann Yara, The Arizona Republic, 18 Mar. 2024 And earlier this year, OSHA again proposed fines against a Central Florida farm after one of its strawberry pickers died of heat exhaustion after temperatures rose to 89 degrees.—Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 31 Jan. 2024 Since October 7th, messages in settler chat groups had portrayed olive pickers as undercover Hamas operatives and as Nazis.—Shane Bauer, The New Yorker, 26 Feb. 2024 Deere is integrating autonomy into earthmovers, road milling machines, cotton pickers, tractors, and more.—Richard Bishop, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2024
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