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Recent Examples of field hand
The field hands who work there will earn wages well above what’s standard for this rural area of Portugal.
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Sara Miller Llana, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 Apr. 2024
At that point, many field hands crossed the border and stayed for good — aging with each successive crop.
—Miriam Jordan Adam Perez, New York Times, 5 Dec. 2023
It is populated by the private investors who have poured funding into it, along with staff, field hands, and scientists; her employer is an officious, sometimes violent man.
—Mayukh Sen, The New Republic, 19 Oct. 2023
Several field hands had been playing checkers on the porch of the Bryants’ store that evening; one of them apparently told Mr. Bryant in an attempt to curry favor.
—Margalit Fox, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2023
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Sara Miller Llana, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 Apr. 2024
At that point, many field hands crossed the border and stayed for good — aging with each successive crop.
—Miriam Jordan Adam Perez, New York Times, 5 Dec. 2023
It is populated by the private investors who have poured funding into it, along with staff, field hands, and scientists; her employer is an officious, sometimes violent man.
—Mayukh Sen, The New Republic, 19 Oct. 2023
Several field hands had been playing checkers on the porch of the Bryants’ store that evening; one of them apparently told Mr. Bryant in an attempt to curry favor.
—Margalit Fox, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for field hand
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While noting that many Arizona cities have drastically reduced their per capita water demand, Goddard argued that cities will eventually need to find water-sharing arrangements with farms so that cities can pay farmers to use their water in dry times.Austin Corona, The Arizona Republic, 22 Nov. 2024
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Backing British: Investing in Local Producers A cornerstone of Lidl’s UK success has been its commitment to supporting British farmers and producers.Kate Hardcastle, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
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Fisher’s stone pieces are installed throughout the rooms and the courtyard, showing the medium’s possibilities at every scale, from a 600-pound stone planter that looks like a chalice to a light of silver links that dangles to the floor like a bracelet.Morgan Meier, Curbed, 12 Nov. 2024
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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, 2 Nov. 2024
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In a match made in moneyed heaven, Edith Rockefeller married Harold McCormick, the son of another wealthy man and prominent Chicagoan, Cyrus McCormick, who invented the mechanical reaper, which helped in the mechanization of agriculture, in 1895.Marianne Mather, Chicago Tribune, 24 Oct. 2024
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Even the subsequent record-setting performance of Inside Out 2 this summer wasn’t enough to fend off the Mouse House reaper.David Bloom, Forbes, 27 Sep. 2024
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More than 70 medical marijuana businesses, including cultivators, processors, dispensaries and safety compliance facilities will initially be authorized to open in the commonwealth, French said.Killian Baarlaer, The Courier-Journal, 26 Nov. 2024
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Legal experts say no: The amendment explicitly provides for existing businesses to become the cultivators of marijuana, but says nothing about people.Shira Moolten, Sun Sentinel, 5 Oct. 2024
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Who is more delusional than Elizabeth Bennet, who uses love to justify an economic system that treats her physical body as a means of production and will also entitle her to enjoy, without lifting a finger, the rent that Darcy charges his tenant farmers?Andrea Long Chu, Vulture, 20 Sep. 2024
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Her exhibition will feature massive and lush depictions of giant meteorites; Bush, the tenant farmer, is also a subject: Simpson’s exhibit returns his story to him.Dean Baquet, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2024
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Laoghaire’s farmhand notices what’s happening and rushes to her aid.Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 22 Nov. 2024
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Open Range is an oddly gentle Western about a cowboy named Boss (a fantastic Robert Duvall; this might be his last great performance) and his farmhand (Costner), a former soldier who is trying to turn away from his old violence but must team with Boss to take down an evil rancher (Michael Gambon).Will Leitch, Vulture, 1 July 2024
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California’s beautiful water was tamed water, a community irrigation water system ideal for the gentleman farmer.Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 2023
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And if tuning out entirely isn’t your speed, such activities as foraging, beekeeping, flower collecting, and focaccia baking are all available to bolster the gentleman farmer vibe.Leena Kim, Town & Country, 18 June 2023
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That rod moves a connected tiller in the rear, which in turn swivels the motor/prop pod to the left or right.Ben Coxworth, New Atlas, 27 Sep. 2024
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Buyers will be able to select from several options to better tailor the motor to their boat, including tiller steer and center console control systems, short and long shaft configurations, and various propellers.New Atlas, New Atlas, 23 July 2024
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