breadbasket

Example Sentences

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Experts warned that Ukraine is Europe’s breadbasket and Europe would starve.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 18, 2026

So how do you clean up the country known as "Europe's breadbasket"?

From BBC • Mar. 13, 2026

Holguín was once known as the breadbasket of Cuba because of its rich agricultural land.

From Salon • Feb. 15, 2026

The swathes of fertile farmland in Sudan, Africa's third-largest country and a potential agricultural breadbasket, have whetted the appetite of the desert Gulf countries across the Red Sea.

From Barron's • Nov. 21, 2025

One day, Peeta empties our breadbasket and points out how they have been careful to include types from the districts along with the refined bread of the Capitol.

From "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins