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Recent Examples of stockman
Houston Tye Hinton, resident stockman at the Anchor 7 Cattle Growers Association, is winding down after a long day of branding cattle.
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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
In the early 1990s, a stockman noticed cattle drinking at a place where no water should have been available.
—IEEE Spectrum, 30 Apr. 2023
The larger piece found its way to the Esperance Museum, but the smaller piece remained undiscovered until the curious stockman uncovered it.
—IEEE Spectrum, 30 Apr. 2023
In addition to being a pilot, Rhiley worked as a stockman, per The Guardian.
—Maria Pasquini, Peoplemag, 3 Apr. 2023
The hill where the breach happened was a landmark to locals and used to be a popular destination for hayrides, said Bill Pannbacker, a farmer and stockman.
—John Hanna, Fortune, 9 Dec. 2022
Set in Alice Springs, Australia, in 1929, the movie tracks the fate of Sam (a fine Hamilton Morris), an Aboriginal stockman forced to flee after killing a white farmer in self-defense.
—Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times, 5 Apr. 2018
The Oregon Badlands are home to ancient Native American petroglyphs, which pop up on weathered rocks, as well as remnants of white settlement, like an old stockman’s shelter and a fenced-off cistern on the side of the trail.
—OregonLive.com, 15 Oct. 2017
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
In the early 1990s, a stockman noticed cattle drinking at a place where no water should have been available.
—IEEE Spectrum, 30 Apr. 2023
The larger piece found its way to the Esperance Museum, but the smaller piece remained undiscovered until the curious stockman uncovered it.
—IEEE Spectrum, 30 Apr. 2023
In addition to being a pilot, Rhiley worked as a stockman, per The Guardian.
—Maria Pasquini, Peoplemag, 3 Apr. 2023
The hill where the breach happened was a landmark to locals and used to be a popular destination for hayrides, said Bill Pannbacker, a farmer and stockman.
—John Hanna, Fortune, 9 Dec. 2022
Set in Alice Springs, Australia, in 1929, the movie tracks the fate of Sam (a fine Hamilton Morris), an Aboriginal stockman forced to flee after killing a white farmer in self-defense.
—Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times, 5 Apr. 2018
The Oregon Badlands are home to ancient Native American petroglyphs, which pop up on weathered rocks, as well as remnants of white settlement, like an old stockman’s shelter and a fenced-off cistern on the side of the trail.
—OregonLive.com, 15 Oct. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stockman
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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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At the same time, Burgum is himself an avid horseman, hunter, skier, and hiker and has been a booster of outdoor recreation in North Dakota, creating the state’s Office of Outdoor Recreation and allocating $1.2 million in grants for trail building.—
Frederick Reimers,
Outside Online,
27 Jan. 2025
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The heir apparent was his older brother Bassel—a military commander and an accomplished horseman whom the regime’s loyalists sometimes referred to as the Golden Knight.—
Jon Lee Anderson,
The New Yorker,
27 Jan. 2025
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Many ranchers and feedlot operators are transparent about their practices, providing consumers with the information needed to make informed choices.—
Arturo Macias Franco,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
18 Feb. 2025
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It’s located in a vast, flat region filled with ranchers and peanut and cotton farmers.—
Erika Edwards,
NBC News,
14 Feb. 2025
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“Stockman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stockman. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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