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Recent Examples of farmyard
Whether furry pets, farmyard animals, or creatures of the wild, animal antics are endlessly fascinating.
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Terry Baddoo, USA TODAY, 12 Dec. 2024
Originating in Bern, Switzerland, these dogs were bred as versatile farm helpers, excelling in tasks like herding, drafting, and protecting the farmyard.
—Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2024
Old Trafford was good for ducks of the farmyard variety.
—Tim Ellis, Forbes, 25 Sep. 2024
Connecticut’s Beardsley Zoo has announced the arrival of five new Guinea hog piglets to the farmyard family, according to a release.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 7 Aug. 2024
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Terry Baddoo, USA TODAY, 12 Dec. 2024
Originating in Bern, Switzerland, these dogs were bred as versatile farm helpers, excelling in tasks like herding, drafting, and protecting the farmyard.
—Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2024
Old Trafford was good for ducks of the farmyard variety.
—Tim Ellis, Forbes, 25 Sep. 2024
Connecticut’s Beardsley Zoo has announced the arrival of five new Guinea hog piglets to the farmyard family, according to a release.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 7 Aug. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for farmyard
Noun
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That now includes the aforementioned farm boy, Luke Skywalker, who’s getting a crash course in Jedi knighthood from a curious, swamp-dwelling master of the force called Yoda.—
Katie Rife,
EW.com,
15 Feb. 2025
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Migratory waterfowl are typically the source of the virus for farm birds, Derrer Spears said.—
Maya Wilkins,
Chicago Tribune,
15 Feb. 2025
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The Senate included a similar amendment to the national defense bill in 2023 and there have been many bills in Congress aimed at limiting Chinese ownership of farmland in recent years.—
Samantha-Jo Roth,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
25 Feb. 2025
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The most recent land audit, which was conducted in 2017, found that white South Africans own nearly three-fourths of South Africa’s freehold farmland.—
Isaac Chotiner,
The New Yorker,
19 Feb. 2025
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Groundwater protection Minnesota passed a Groundwater Protection Rule in 2019 that prohibits fall application of commercial fertilizer on 71% of cropland (approximately 1.1 million acres) in Southeastern Minnesota and over 9 million acres statewide.—
MinnPost,
Twin Cities,
7 Feb. 2025
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In the mid-1990s, the hog factory farm next door to her mother’s house began to spray manure on nearby cropland as fertilizer.—
Kenny Torrella,
Vox,
7 Feb. 2025
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Others survived on farmsteads, where their fruit was fed to pigs or turned into cider, says William Thomas Okie, a historian at Kennesaw State University, who has written about peaches but was not involved in the new research.—
Meghan Bartels,
Scientific American,
25 Oct. 2024
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But the Victorian farmstead is not just a capsule suspended in time.—
Melanie Stetson Freeman,
The Christian Science Monitor,
26 Nov. 2024
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Keep scrolling to shop more deals on charming farmhouse furniture from Trisha Yearwood’s Wayfair line.—
Rachel Trujillo,
People.com,
21 Feb. 2025
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After his monologue, the camera zooms out on Rambo on the farmhouse porch, and the credits roll.—
Randall Colburn,
EW.com,
20 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Now, in the inner circle of what will one day become an infamous cult, Evie becomes increasingly fascinated by their eerie, hidden ranch and with Suzanne, a magnetic older girl in the group.—
Clare Mulroy,
USA TODAY,
21 Feb. 2025
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Last Blood debuted on Sept. 20, 2019, and the movie opens up with Rambo raising horses on a ranch in Arizona.—
Samantha Stutsman,
People.com,
19 Feb. 2025
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“Farmyard.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/farmyard. Accessed 2 Mar. 2025.
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