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Recent Examples of field hand
Criminals prey on avocado orchard owners, field hands and drivers who transport avocados for export, among other targets.
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Patrick J. McDonnell, Los Angeles Times, 22 June 2024
The field hands who work there will earn wages well above what’s standard for this rural area of Portugal.
—Sara Miller Llana, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 Apr. 2024
Born on the old Armant plantation in Vacherie, Louisiana, where his mother and father cut sugar cane as field hands, Nailor walked to a segregated school while white students like Weber whizzed past on buses.
—Jessica Guynn, USA TODAY, 6 Mar. 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
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Patrick J. McDonnell, Los Angeles Times, 22 June 2024
The field hands who work there will earn wages well above what’s standard for this rural area of Portugal.
—Sara Miller Llana, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 Apr. 2024
Born on the old Armant plantation in Vacherie, Louisiana, where his mother and father cut sugar cane as field hands, Nailor walked to a segregated school while white students like Weber whizzed past on buses.
—Jessica Guynn, USA TODAY, 6 Mar. 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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for field hand
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They'll be joined by Murfreesboro City Schools, offering a farmer's market experience, Read to Succeed, offering free books, and Wellpoint, offering health resources and information, from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. at the Mitchell Neilson Primary Gymnasium, 1303 Jones Boulevard in Murfreesboro.—
Gabrielle Chenault,
Nashville Tennessean,
25 July 2025
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Island Muse reminds me of walking through a Saturday farmer’s market, and you’re surrounded by all of the amazing fresh fruit.—
Kimberly Wilson,
Essence,
25 July 2025
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Continue to feed flower beds and planters to encourage growth and repeat blooms. 56.—
Tom MacCubbin,
The Orlando Sentinel,
26 July 2025
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On Books Tim Bouverie On Wagner and the Creation of the Ring by Michael Downes Read On A Golden Thumb The World’s Most Expensive Planters Beloved by Bernard Arnault and King Louis XIV, the original Versailles planters are coming to America.—
Air Mail,
Air Mail,
19 July 2025
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Any perennial outdoorsman can recount many experiences when the reaper’s scythe just missed him.—
Charles Elliott,
Outdoor Life,
1 May 2025
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The company is still keen to win more sliced and shredded consumers, and has new flavors like Carolina reaper and zesty ranch in store for next year.—
Brooks Johnson,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Jan. 2025
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Matías Litvak – An Argentine cultivator and activist based in Israel, Litvak oversaw cannabis R&D at Bar-Ilan University’s grow facilities.—
Javier Hasse,
Forbes.com,
24 June 2025
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To make their product, the food company’s scientists collect living cells from Pacific salmon and grow them in cell cultivators that mimic the inside of a wild fish—controlling factors like temperature, pH and nutrients, per their website.—
Margherita Bassi,
Smithsonian Magazine,
11 June 2025
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These opportunities weren’t universally available to all girls though, as there were barriers to entry for both African American and poor white daughters of tenant farmers and sharecroppers.—
Alana Al-Hatlani,
Southern Living,
25 July 2025
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This was a common practice in British rule, as seen with the Irish tenant farmers, as well as in Great Britain’s dominant involvement in the slave trade.—
Tanya Talaga
July 24,
Literary Hub,
24 July 2025
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In photographs from Hemingway’s time, the most striking thing is how empty the route looks, with only a few dozen young farmhands scattering ahead of the bulls’ horns.—
Tony Perrottet,
Smithsonian Magazine,
30 June 2025
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Never miss a story — sign up for PEOPLE's free daily newsletter to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories Tony Martinez as Pepino Garcia Tony Martinez portrayed Pepino, the McCoys’ farmhand who often served as comic relief.—
Tereza Shkurtaj,
People.com,
31 May 2025
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Dior himself was a gentleman farmer, and his ornamental garden has been preserved.—
Jennifer Weil,
Footwear News,
3 Sep. 2019
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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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Adams, meanwhile, may be fatally unpopular, damaged by both public corruption charges, dropped by President Donald Trump in what many Democrats saw as deeper corruption; and by a perception that his hand is not firmly on the tiller.—
Liz Hoffman,
semafor.com,
25 June 2025
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India emerges as an example of the downside of tiller reforms’ incrementalism.—
Michael Albertus,
Foreign Affairs,
24 June 2025
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