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Recent Examples of breadbasket
Panic in the rural region, considered Haiti’s breadbasket, began on Tuesday after threats from Gran Grif’s U.N. sanctioned leader, Luckson Elan, circulated on social networks.
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Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 1 Dec. 2025
Hokkaido has long been Japan’s breadbasket.
—Jonnie Bayfield, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Oct. 2025
Farm workers labor in the fields south of Bakersfield, in Kern County, California's breadbasket, on April 9, 2025.
—Hugh Cameron, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 July 2025
Other key agricultural zones, including the breadbaskets of the world, are also at risk.
—Narcisa Pricope, The Conversation, 10 Feb. 2025
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Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 1 Dec. 2025
Hokkaido has long been Japan’s breadbasket.
—Jonnie Bayfield, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Oct. 2025
Farm workers labor in the fields south of Bakersfield, in Kern County, California's breadbasket, on April 9, 2025.
—Hugh Cameron, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 July 2025
Other key agricultural zones, including the breadbaskets of the world, are also at risk.
—Narcisa Pricope, The Conversation, 10 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for breadbasket
Noun
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This is a man who shows up at a bank with two dubious associates — the glowering, hair-trigger Sal (Moss-Bachrach) and, until his stomach gives out, the wobbling hot mess Ray-Ray (Christopher Sears) — and a bunch of guns.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
31 Mar. 2026
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Until the lava of the bird’s stomach melts her valiant resins, dissolves her nomadic strength, and transforms her into a viscous secretion.—
María Ospina,
The Dial,
31 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The side stitch is a sharp, localized pain that comes on during exercise and occurs in the abdomen, typically below the rib cage, according to Hunter Carter, an exercise physiologist at Hospital for Special Surgery in New York City.—
Jenny McCoy,
SELF,
26 Mar. 2026
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Hernandez and another man walked to the hospital, where Hernandez was pronounced dead from a wound to the abdomen hours later.—
Nate Gartrell,
Mercury News,
25 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The belly attachment catches browns, and the aft attachment catches rainbows.—
Bryan Hendricks,
Arkansas Online,
29 Mar. 2026
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Stem cells, harvested from fat cells taken from the belly, are injected into the scalp to stimulate hair growth.—
The Week UK,
TheWeek,
27 Mar. 2026
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“Breadbasket.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/breadbasket. Accessed 3 Apr. 2026.
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