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Recent Examples of rancher
Ernest McFarland was a farmer and rancher in Pinal County who served as majority leader in the U.S. Senate, Arizona governor, and chief justice of the Arizona Supreme Court.
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Sarah Lapidus, The Arizona Republic, 21 Dec. 2024
One of those calls came from a third generation cattle rancher at the Brooks Family Ranch in Ronan, Montana.
—Eric Noll, ABC News, 11 Dec. 2024
Rodeo, descended from practices established by Spanish and Mexican ranchers, had been molded into its modern form through the participation of Black cowboys, and Boley’s iteration formalized it locally as an event.
—Caleb Gayle, The Atlantic, 17 Dec. 2024
But because control measures have been so effective over the last half a century, today’s ranchers are unfamiliar with how to identify and treat screwworm infestations.
—Geraldine Castro, WIRED, 4 Dec. 2024
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Sarah Lapidus, The Arizona Republic, 21 Dec. 2024
One of those calls came from a third generation cattle rancher at the Brooks Family Ranch in Ronan, Montana.
—Eric Noll, ABC News, 11 Dec. 2024
Rodeo, descended from practices established by Spanish and Mexican ranchers, had been molded into its modern form through the participation of Black cowboys, and Boley’s iteration formalized it locally as an event.
—Caleb Gayle, The Atlantic, 17 Dec. 2024
But because control measures have been so effective over the last half a century, today’s ranchers are unfamiliar with how to identify and treat screwworm infestations.
—Geraldine Castro, WIRED, 4 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rancher
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Together, almost 200 lawsuits allege that everyone from cattlemen to meat wholesalers and distributors to end users like McDonald’s have lost billions of dollars because they were either forced to pay too much for beef or were paid too little for their cattle.Peter Green, Quartz, 26 Oct. 2024
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Hurd's haul includes cash infusions from the Koch brothers and other conservative PACs like the Mainstreet Partnership, and the national cattlemen's and automobile dealers' associations.Geoffrey Skelley, ABC News, 24 June 2024
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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
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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
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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
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In the early 1990s, a stockman noticed cattle drinking at a place where no water should have been available.IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 30 Apr. 2023
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Anderson believes most of Florida’s raw milk sellers are homesteaders, many of them born out of the COVID-19 pandemic when people were stuck at home and began turning to new practices such as baking homemade sourdough bread, growing fresh vegetables in a backyard garden, and even farming.Abigail Hasebroock, Sun Sentinel, 26 Nov. 2024
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As a Black homesteader myself, I've been met with resistance to farm work in my networks.Lyndsay C. Green, Detroit Free Press, 27 Nov. 2024
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Not only with beauty, of course; impatient rulers liked that Vajrayana promised enlightenment in one lifetime, as opposed to the usual Buddhist dozens, and Kublai Khan spread its teachings as far as his horsemen could ride.Jackson Arn, The New Yorker, 2 Jan. 2025
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Later scenes showcase Sheridan’s impressive skill as a horseman and his sculpted torso.Greg Braxton, Los Angeles Times, 13 Dec. 2024
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“Rancher.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rancher. Accessed 17 Jan. 2025.
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