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Recent Examples of pasture
Roger Sands, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024
By 1912, the species was well-established in alfalfa fields and pastures of California, including Santa Clara, San Mateo, Alameda and Contra Costa counties.
—Lisa M. Krieger, The Mercury News, 30 Nov. 2024
Gwen Pratesi, USA TODAY, 30 Apr. 2024
The group raised ducks and chickens and pastured their 150 sheep on the same hills the Palestinian shepherds had roamed before the war.
—Ben Hubbard Sergey Ponomarev, New York Times, 1 June 2024
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Noun
Rosewood Cape Kidnappers, Hawke’s Bay, North Island Rosewood Cape Kidnappers is situated on 6,000 rolling acres of pasture land.
—Roger Sands, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024
By 1912, the species was well-established in alfalfa fields and pastures of California, including Santa Clara, San Mateo, Alameda and Contra Costa counties.
—Lisa M. Krieger, The Mercury News, 30 Nov. 2024
Verb
This is when the wranglers round up the thundering herd of horses to bring them into the ranch for trail rides during the day and take them back out to pasture in the evening.
—Gwen Pratesi, USA TODAY, 30 Apr. 2024
The group raised ducks and chickens and pastured their 150 sheep on the same hills the Palestinian shepherds had roamed before the war.
—Ben Hubbard Sergey Ponomarev, New York Times, 1 June 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pasture
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The family has launched a GoFundMe to keep the ranch afloat.Melissa Gomez, Los Angeles Times, 16 Jan. 2025
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Situated on 3,800 peaceful wooded acres, it was originally founded in the 1970s to be a working farm, cattle ranch, hunting reserve, and home for an Italian duke and duchess.Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 15 Jan. 2025
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The agency came under intense scrutiny following a July assassination attempt against Trump at a Pennsylvania rally, where he was grazed by a bullet.Brett Samuels, The Hill, 3 Jan. 2025
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One person was grazed in the head by a bullet and taken to a hospital in stable condition.Mike Ives, New York Times, 2 Jan. 2025
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Garden Fair: The Sweetwater Oaks Garden Club’s Garden Fair will feature vendors selling plants, shrubs, roses, orchids, birdhouses, decorative garden and yard art.Joe Rassel, Orlando Sentinel, 15 Jan. 2025
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After a year of throwing for over 4,000 yards and 35 touchdowns, and an estimate of nine teams needing a quarterback this offseason, Darnold is going to get another opportunity to start for a franchise in 2025.Tyler Small, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025
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Here in rural Somalia, where about 50% of the people depend on animals for their livelihoods, the locusts are eating the pasturage.NBC News, NBC News, 9 Feb. 2020
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Except for some lands offering timber or pasturage, the far greater part of the land west of the line was by itself essentially not farmable.johnforristerross, Longreads, 2 July 2018
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Thousands of years ago, southern Wisconsin transitioned from a closed-canopy oak forest to an oak savanna—in an open prairie, oaks, instead of growing straight and tall, branch too early for canoe-making.Jacqueline Kehoe, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Dec. 2024
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Riyadh, Saudi Arabia CNN — Grasslands — also known as prairies, steppes, pampas or savannas — are home to 25% of the world’s population and all kinds of plants and wildlife, including elephants, rhinos and lions.Jacopo Prisco, CNN, 6 Dec. 2024
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“Pasture.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pasture. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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