How to Use rancher in a Sentence

rancher

noun
  • Most of the fires are set by ranchers to clear land for pasture.
    Washington Post, 20 Nov. 2019
  • No charges were filed, and the rancher was let off with a warning.
    oregonlive, 22 Apr. 2021
  • David, 68, a rancher from Austin, Texas David is a sweet soul who’s ready to find love!
    Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Aug. 2024
  • There are a lot of ranchers who are in our State House and Senate, too.
    William Earl, Variety, 17 Sep. 2023
  • Some of the wall got built (on the U.S.’ dime) and against Texas farmers’ and ranchers’ wishes.
    arkansasonline.com, 29 June 2024
  • Stepping through the front door of a 1970s rancher can often feel like a time warp.
    Zoe Gowen, Southern Living, 6 Oct. 2024
  • It had been found, he had been told, by a local rancher named Mac Brazel.
    WIRED, 14 Nov. 2023
  • Teri is a small but sure Iowan, a rancher’s wife, legally blind from a botched eye surgery.
    Adam Nemett, Rolling Stone, 14 May 2021
  • At lunchtime, Mark Moore, 67, a rancher and logger, popped in to say hello.
    Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2022
  • That group includes some farmers and ranchers near the border of the landscape where the bears will make a new home.
    Evan Bush, NBC News, 28 Apr. 2024
  • The rancher claimed to have given the former robber a ride in his wagon.
    Alison Osius, Outside Online, 1 Nov. 2024
  • The roundups began as a way for ranchers to protect their cattle.
    John Paul Brammer, The New Yorker, 27 Apr. 2024
  • The records show that both properties are owned by a single rancher.
    Washington Post, 29 Apr. 2022
  • Cara soon arrives to drop some wisdom on the bride-to-be, schooling her on the ups and downs of being married to a rancher.
    Matt Cabral, EW.com, 19 Dec. 2022
  • Fire crews and ranchers can try to protect the area ahead of the fire, only to see the wind shift and blow the fire in another direction.
    Karen Hickman, The Conversation, 1 Mar. 2024
  • The Texas Farm Bureau has established a fund to aid farmers and ranchers.
    Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN, 4 Mar. 2024
  • The organizations pay fees and ranchers to open gates that might be closed or land that might be off-limits the rest of the year.
    Michael Van Runkle, Robb Report, 15 Nov. 2023
  • The identity of the rancher remains unavailable to the public.
    Katie Hill, Outdoor Life, 4 Apr. 2024
  • More than a couple of entries in the Top 20 are taken by farmers or ranchers.
    Pj Delhomme, Outdoor Life, 1 Jan. 2020
  • She was also impressed with the opening scene, in which a rancher castrates a bull.
    New York Times, 16 Nov. 2021
  • The shape of the rancher is often rectangular, though many can also be built in a U or L shape.
    Rachel Silva, ELLE Decor, 11 July 2022
  • But for rancher and dairy producer Rebecca King, the truest sign of autumn is in the cream.
    Naoki Nitta, San Francisco Chronicle, 10 Oct. 2022
  • Within less than a week, Wells shipped 56 tons of the multi-purpose grain out to ranchers in the Texas Panhandle.
    Bradford Betz, Fox News, 7 Mar. 2024
  • The cattle stir in the lots, the hens bob and scratch in the yards, and ranchers and farmers, pulling on their jackets, finish their second cup of coffee on the way out the door.
    Jeff MacGregor, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 June 2023
  • In 1869, rancher Robert Allison bought thousands of acres in the region.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Oct. 2023
  • By 1981, the species was thought to be extinct, but then a northern Wyoming rancher’s dog dropped a ferret carcass on his porch.
    Elizabeth Miller/undark, Popular Science, 11 Jan. 2020
  • Moos was a rancher who had worked at Oregon and Washington State.
    John Canzano, oregonlive, 30 June 2021
  • The skyscraper’s namesake was William Thomas Waggoner, a wealthy rancher and oilman born in 1852.
    Wire Services, Dallas News, 12 Apr. 2023
  • The father and son ranchers had set fires on Refuge lands after the family’s permit to graze on trails used since the 19th Century was revoked.
    Matt Thompson, SPIN, 5 Nov. 2024
  • But wolves also feast on cattle and other livestock, which can threaten the livelihood of ranchers.
    Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 30 Nov. 2024

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