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Coulter

[kohl-ter]

noun

  1. John Merle 1851–1928, U.S. botanist.



coulter

/ ˈəʊə /

noun

  1. Also (esp US): colter.a blade or sharp-edged disc attached to a plough so that it cuts through the soil vertically in advance of the ploughshare

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of Coulter1

Old English culter, from Latin: ploughshare, knife
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“It’s not really something that Trump or the attorney general can do. If you want to stop the enforcement of state law, you have to go to court, and that’s the jurisdiction of the court,” Maggie Coulter, a senior attorney with the Climate Law Institute at the nonprofit Center for Biological Diversity, said about the executive order.

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You’ll pass through patches of manzanita and yucca and then forested parts with Coulter pines, all the while with a view of the valley below.

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Even Ann Coulter, who’s always making a bid to be relevant, criticized him, calling the meeting “Kim Jong Il-style tributes.”

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“There’s a little bit of beef right now between Trump and the state,” said Maggie Coulter, a senior attorney with the Climate Law Institute at the nonprofit Center for Biological Diversity.

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The order directs Bondi to seek out and prioritize state laws that address climate change, environmental justice, greenhouse gas emissions and carbon taxes, which is “kind of like a laundry list of all the things the oil-and-gas industry doesn’t like,” Coulter said.

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