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Recent Examples of stockyard
Businesses were leaving the city, and even the stockyards that graced poetry were struggling.
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Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 24 June 2025
Johnson started working at age 6, getting blood out of the overalls of a stockyard working neighbor.
—Sonari Glinton, Forbes.com, 16 May 2025
Later, when the stockyards were in bloody operation, a portion of the river was called Bubbly Creek because it was filled with animal carcasses and waste that would bubble to the surface.
—Rick Kogan, Chicago Tribune, 18 Feb. 2025
Mars used the inheritance to raise purebred Hereford cattle and to buy a stockyard.
—Paige Williams, The New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2024
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Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 24 June 2025
Johnson started working at age 6, getting blood out of the overalls of a stockyard working neighbor.
—Sonari Glinton, Forbes.com, 16 May 2025
Later, when the stockyards were in bloody operation, a portion of the river was called Bubbly Creek because it was filled with animal carcasses and waste that would bubble to the surface.
—Rick Kogan, Chicago Tribune, 18 Feb. 2025
Mars used the inheritance to raise purebred Hereford cattle and to buy a stockyard.
—Paige Williams, The New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stockyard
Noun
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Prices of feeder cattle, livestock that is purchased for fattening, were already at a record high, and Arizona feedlots braced for even higher purchase costs.—
Clara Migoya,
AZCentral.com,
16 July 2025
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No antibiotics, no synthetic fertilizers, no feedlots.—
Steven Fabos,
Rolling Stone,
28 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The former top-100 national recruit signed with USC in December 2020 and broke out three years later in his first start with 372 yards and a Holiday Bowl record six touchdown passes against… Louisville.—
Matt Baker,
New York Times,
26 July 2025
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Sketch out the yard and measure how far the spray needs to reach in each area.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
26 July 2025
Noun
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The jury was shown transcripts of angry emails and text messages between Serafini and his wife’s parents showing a heated, ongoing dispute over a $1.3 million loan from his in-laws to help fund his wife’s fledgling horse ranch business.—
Rosalio Ahumada,
Sacbee.com,
14 July 2025
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Ranch: The Ranch Snack Wrap delivers a satisfying burst of cool ranch goodness, with hints of garlic and onion.—
Gabe Hauari,
USA Today,
11 July 2025
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“Stockyard.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stockyard. Accessed 7 Aug. 2025.
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