bought the farm
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Schwarzman, who usually arrives by helicopter, also bought the farm next door to host pheasant and partridge shoots.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 2, 2025
Ranchera music filled her section of the field as a cool breeze blew through four towering poplar trees Alvarez’s father, Hilario Alvarez, planted when he bought the farm in 1988.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 22, 2023
They had originally bought the farm to raise beef but switched to events after 2016, when “the bottom fell out of the American grass-fed beef market” because of foreign competition, according to the business website.
From Washington Post • Jan. 19, 2022
When the Wendlers decided to retire, Enrique bought the farm, and his family joined in the work.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 7, 2021
“Hendrik and Hanni named him General, but their aunt and uncle said the people they bought the farm from called him Mole. He lived in a culvert. I like the name Mole.”
From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
