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Recent Examples of campesino
The consequences were devastating for Andean campesinos of Indigenous descent, who had been a strong base of support for the new president.
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Stephanie McNulty & Sarah Chartock / Made By History, TIME, 10 Oct. 2024
The only way to keep vallenato alive is for the campesino to not be displaced.
—Daniella Tello-Garzon, refinery29.com, 6 Aug. 2024
In the 1980s, campesinos began to grow the fruit too.
—Viridiana Hernández Fernández, Discover Magazine, 3 June 2024
The workforce is graying; nearly three-quarters of Mexican campesinos are over 45.
—Mary Beth Sheridan, Washington Post, 23 Mar. 2024
This was particularly true at Ayotzinapa, thanks to a long guerrilla tradition: multiple campesino movements had flourished in Guerrero in the sixties and seventies, and two of their leaders, Lucio Cabañas and Genaro Vázquez Rojas, had close ties to the school.
—Alma Guillermoprieto, The New Yorker, 4 Mar. 2024
Most had kept a long silence about their indigenous heritage for fear of being ridiculed: Indigenous people were country people—uneducated campesinos stereotyped as gullible or backward.
—Robert M. Poole, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Oct. 2011
My joy for contemplative platicas on porches comes from this southern campesino practice of pause.
—Nic Rodríguez Villafañe, refinery29.com, 13 July 2023
Flamin’ Hot also sends the message that no waiter, janitor, housekeeper, campesino, or other blue-collar worker is unworthy of respect.
—Sylvio Martins, Bon Appétit, 12 June 2023
Stephanie McNulty & Sarah Chartock / Made By History, TIME, 10 Oct. 2024
The only way to keep vallenato alive is for the campesino to not be displaced.
—Daniella Tello-Garzon, refinery29.com, 6 Aug. 2024
In the 1980s, campesinos began to grow the fruit too.
—Viridiana Hernández Fernández, Discover Magazine, 3 June 2024
The workforce is graying; nearly three-quarters of Mexican campesinos are over 45.
—Mary Beth Sheridan, Washington Post, 23 Mar. 2024
This was particularly true at Ayotzinapa, thanks to a long guerrilla tradition: multiple campesino movements had flourished in Guerrero in the sixties and seventies, and two of their leaders, Lucio Cabañas and Genaro Vázquez Rojas, had close ties to the school.
—Alma Guillermoprieto, The New Yorker, 4 Mar. 2024
Most had kept a long silence about their indigenous heritage for fear of being ridiculed: Indigenous people were country people—uneducated campesinos stereotyped as gullible or backward.
—Robert M. Poole, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Oct. 2011
My joy for contemplative platicas on porches comes from this southern campesino practice of pause.
—Nic Rodríguez Villafañe, refinery29.com, 13 July 2023
Flamin’ Hot also sends the message that no waiter, janitor, housekeeper, campesino, or other blue-collar worker is unworthy of respect.
—Sylvio Martins, Bon Appétit, 12 June 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for campesino
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This can be an issue for pet owners and farmers, since coyotes are known to go after pets and livestock including dogs, cats, chickens, goats, and sheep.Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 7 Nov. 2024
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Meanwhile, however, there’s a running battle between water officials and farmers and ranchers in the Klamath Basin and along the river in California over diversions for irrigation that remains unresolved.Dan Walters, The Mercury News, 5 Nov. 2024
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Product displays by cultivator or processor (empty packaging/no cannabis) inside the dispensary, not visible from the exterior of the building.Dispatch staff, The Enquirer, 23 July 2024
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Smaller cannabis cultivators, rather than chains, may be the best place to start.Rowan Briggs, The Mercury News, 10 Oct. 2024
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Since one of the skeletons towers at 12 feet tall, Jackson made a Swig cup out of a plastic planter and two giant pieces of poster board.Skyler Caruso, People.com, 29 Oct. 2024
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Want some inspo on creating plants that cohabitate well in planters together?Krista Simmons, Sunset Magazine, 18 Sep. 2024
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Lewis was born to sharecroppers in rural Pike County, Alabama, in 1940.Barbara Spindel, The Christian Science Monitor, 31 Oct. 2024
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Rafer Johnson Rafer Johnson was born in Hillsboro, Texas on August 18, 1934, the son of sharecroppers.Tim Genske, Forbes, 22 Oct. 2024
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“Campesino.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/campesino. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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