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Noun
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Black sharecroppers and tenant farmers were plotting an insurrection.—
Christmaelle Vernet & Kathy Roberts Forde / Made by History,
TIME,
28 Feb. 2025 -
She was born in the 1890s, daughter of sharecroppers, grew up quite poor but was incredibly ambitious, very intelligent.—
Sara Ivry,
JSTOR Daily,
19 Feb. 2025
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But on the Blackhawks, he’s done yeoman’s work providing some support for Bedard, with career highs of 23 goals, 28 assists and 51 points.—
Mark Lazerus,
The Athletic,
21 Mar. 2025
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Among those doing yeoman work was the Spectrum News One service run by Charter Spectrum, the nation’s biggest cable provider.—
David Bloom,
Forbes,
23 Jan. 2025
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Hodges also recommends staying away from fake plants on doors and in hanging planters and window boxes when possible.—
Cameron Beall,
Southern Living,
31 Mar. 2025
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The three tiers can also double as hanging planters.—
BestReviews,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Mar. 2025
Noun
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In the garden, remove weeds and turn over the soil with a hand cultivator and trowel.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
1 Apr. 2025
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For cannabis cultivators, in particular, the equinox is critical for syncing outdoor grows with the sun’s natural cycle.—
Matt Rozo,
The Mercury News,
3 Mar. 2025
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The couple, now staying at their third home in Polk County, N.C., on Thursday, had just been at one of their Greenville County, S.C., homes packing up some personal belongings and filling a trailer with equipment like a cement mixer and tiller.—
Jeff A. Chamer,
Charlotte Observer,
28 Mar. 2025
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Then, spread a 2-inch layer of compost over the planting area and work the compost into the top 6 inches of bare soil with a tiller.—
Lauren Landers,
Better Homes & Gardens,
10 Mar. 2025
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The company is still keen to win more sliced and shredded consumers, and has new flavors like Carolina reaper and zesty ranch in store for next year.—
Brooks Johnson,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Jan. 2025
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Sliders and tenders can be ordered at seven heat levels – no spice, lite mild, mild, medium, hot, extra hot, and reaper.—
Mike Snider,
USA TODAY,
8 Jan. 2024
Noun
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Even if, by the end of the tune, the plowman who sings it has lost his farm, and Bessie’s missing and presumably buried on it somewhere.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
12 Mar. 2025
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The infamous East Riverside slide can dump 50 feet of concrete-thick debris and has taken the lives of three plowmen—in 1970, 1978, and 1992—as well as a preacher and his two daughters in 1963, and two men and most of their team of mules in 1883.—
Leath Tonino,
Outside Online,
23 Feb. 2017
Noun
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This economic bondage, called sharecropping, was a system by which tenant farmers rented land from large landowners.—
David Cason,
The Conversation,
7 Mar. 2025
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Black sharecroppers and tenant farmers were plotting an insurrection.—
Christmaelle Vernet & Kathy Roberts Forde / Made by History,
TIME,
28 Feb. 2025
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