rancher

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Recent Examples of rancher Burglars clean out father-son jewelers, snatch heirlooms, ‘a lifetime’s worth of work.’ More big stories Three more wolf packs confirmed in California as ranchers call for relief. Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2025 McEuen allegedly admitted to shooting and killing 35-year-old Martinez as the rancher sat in his truck outside his home. Danielle Wallace, FOXNews.com, 2 June 2025 State Response and Future Habitat The CDFW has designated support funds for ranchers losing livestock to wolves and continues public outreach to address coexistence concerns. Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 May 2025 But their interactions with ranchers and fears from rural residents caused them to be wiped out a century ago. Paul Rogers, Mercury News, 28 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for rancher
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rancher
Noun
  • The 15-track record is more than just a landmark in the decade-long career of White, a native of Cleburne, Texas — once a cattlemen’s stop on the Chisholm Trail and now home to a museum for the landmark of the Wild West.
    Josh Crutchmer, Rolling Stone, 14 June 2025
  • What was once the domain of multigenerational farmers and cattlemen has transformed into a magnet for billionaires, celebrities, and investors chasing space and solitude.
    Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 3 June 2025
Noun
  • Roosevelt observes that the cougars of his time are docile and timid, terrified of the rifle-bearing ranchman who had come to dominate their homelands.
    Declan Leary, National Review, 12 Sep. 2019
  • This once summer residence of the Marquis de Mores—an Old West frontier ranchman—and his family includes many of their original furnishings.
    Laura Kiniry, Smithsonian, 6 June 2019
Noun
  • Houston Tye Hinton, resident stockman at the Anchor 7 Cattle Growers Association, is winding down after a long day of branding cattle.
    Pien Huang, NPR, 15 Jan. 2025
  • Just as Darwin cultivated stockmen and pigeon breeders for their familiarity with the mysterious laws of inheritance, biologists interested in rattlesnakes have beaten a path to Martin’s door.
    Thomas Palmer, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2019
Noun
  • Lindsey Chastain is a homesteader and writer at Waddle and Cluck.
    Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 10 June 2025
  • To live as 1880s homesteaders, each family will have to navigate life without electricity or running water throughout the eight episodes.
    Matt Minton, Variety, 15 May 2025
Noun
  • There were escorts from fighter jets and flag-bearing Arabian horsemen.
    Kim Hjelmgaard, USA Today, 17 May 2025
  • Here came Tyrese Haliburton, Pascal Siakam, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Jalen Williams as the four horsemen of the ratings apocalypse.
    Mike Vorkunov, New York Times, 2 June 2025

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“Rancher.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rancher. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.

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