farmer

Example Sentences

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For eight days, Sudanese farmer Ibrahim Hussein led his family through treacherous terrain to flee the fighting in southern Kordofan -- the latest and most volatile front in the country's 31-month-old conflict.

From Barron's

The farmer who spoke to the BBC said the fighters passed through his hamlet most days on their way to other communities.

From BBC

One of the project's ultimate goals is to increase green spaces and for farmers to eventually sustain the lands after droughts and chronic water shortages have drastically reduced agricultural areas.

From Barron's

"And the farmer had come along to see how I was doing and I said, 'You have a Roman site here.'"

From BBC

Larry Hancock, a farmer who grows crops in neighboring McMullen Valley, wrote a letter to the state making a similar argument.

From Los Angeles Times