breadbasket
Example Sentences
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The scientists knew this massive pollution was happening in what is often described as the "breadbasket of Europe".
From BBC • Mar. 13, 2026
The region is Italy’s breadbasket, typically producing more durum wheat than any other part of the country, and locals often eat pasta twice a day.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 26, 2025
The political uncertainty is weighing on grain producers in South America's breadbasket.
From Barron's • Oct. 17, 2025
The Ogallala Aquifer, which rests beneath the Great Plains and was once thought inexhaustible, now drops several feet per year in some areas, turning what was once America’s breadbasket into tomorrow’s dust bowl.
From Salon • Jul. 12, 2025
By sunset, though, the forest has disappeared, replaced by rolling wheat fields and cow pastures: Normandy, breadbasket and butter churn of France.
From "The Inquisitor's Tale" by Adam Gidwitz
