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Recent Examples of breadbasket
On the second, with the Jets in the Bills’ red zone, defensive end Greg Rousseau’s long arms tipped an Aaron Rodgers pass into the air that fell right into defensive tackle Jordan Phillips’ breadbasket.
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Joe Buscaglia, The Athletic, 29 Dec. 2024
Could the south succeed without the agricultural breadbasket of the north?
—Uzodinma Iweala, Foreign Affairs, 21 June 2022
However, the war has transformed the continent’s breadbasket into potentially the world’s worst famine for 40 years, with 50% of Sudan’s population requiring humanitarian aid.
—Charlie Campbell / Dubai, TIME, 29 Nov. 2024
The city battles toxic air every winter, and authorities say much of the smoke comes from farmers illegally burning paddy stubble to clear their fields in the neighboring breadbasket states of Punjab and Haryana.
—Reuters, NBC News, 24 Oct. 2024
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Joe Buscaglia, The Athletic, 29 Dec. 2024
Could the south succeed without the agricultural breadbasket of the north?
—Uzodinma Iweala, Foreign Affairs, 21 June 2022
However, the war has transformed the continent’s breadbasket into potentially the world’s worst famine for 40 years, with 50% of Sudan’s population requiring humanitarian aid.
—Charlie Campbell / Dubai, TIME, 29 Nov. 2024
The city battles toxic air every winter, and authorities say much of the smoke comes from farmers illegally burning paddy stubble to clear their fields in the neighboring breadbasket states of Punjab and Haryana.
—Reuters, NBC News, 24 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for breadbasket
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Wiggins missed one game due to a stomach illness, five games due to a sprained right ankle, two games due to a left lower leg contusion and six straight games due to a recent hamstring issue.—
Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
10 Apr. 2025
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Read more Chemistry What Mom Finds in Her Teen Daughter's Room Shocks Internet: 'Dangerous' This includes both ingredients in food and natural substances in the body that can trigger bitter taste sensors found outside the mouth, like in the stomach or other organs.—
Gordon G. Chang,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Apr. 2025
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The wasps, which lived almost 99 million years ago, might have launched backward at their insect targets, then grasped them within their Venus flytrap-like abdomens.—
Sara Hashemi,
Smithsonian Magazine,
28 Mar. 2025
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According to the sheriff's office, the dogs—a male chocolate lab and a young adult male shepherd mix—both had apparent gunshot wounds to their abdomens and chests, consistent with buckshot.—
Paul Du Quenoy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 Mar. 2025
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As Trump approaches the restaurant, a girlfriend runs to greet her on Washington Avenue and excitedly touches her belly.—
Madeleine Marr,
Miami Herald,
7 Apr. 2025
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This can cause scaly, crusty skin on their head, neck, and belly; sores on their lips and eyelids; dry and cracked paw pads; and dental disease.—
John W. Dean,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 Apr. 2025
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“Breadbasket.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/breadbasket. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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