farmer
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Imelda, a farmer in Labian, goes into the forest daily with friends to record bird sounds and, if they are lucky, orangutans.
From Barron's ● Sep. 17, 2026
Business owners like Barbour, the farmer, remain optimistic.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
She likens the current situation to a farmer having a bull in a field which escapes and causes destruction – and the farmer blames the bull.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
Even Graham Platner, the scruffy Maine oyster farmer, was winning Obama-esque praise before his Senate candidacy imploded.
From Slate ● Sep. 9, 2026
A farmer walks in and doesn’t even realize it until his muddy boot treads on a bouquet of jasmine made of pearls and he says, “Oh.”
From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri
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More than a century later, she said experienced British Red Squirrel volunteers were now working with farmers and landowners to control grey squirrel populations near red colonies.
From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026
A son of rice farmers in Northern California, Chatfield understood the plight faced by migrant families early on.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026
"And he thought we were worth chatting to because we were farmers."
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
At the same time, U.S. companies exported about 1.7 million barrels a day of excess diesel that stateside truckers, farmers and other commercial shippers didn’t consume.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
But he had been successful in lobbying for federal aid for farmers so that they could buy spring seed.
From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson
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