breadbasket

Example Sentences

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

From MarketWatch • Apr. 18, 2026

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

From Salon • Feb. 15, 2026

By late August, further south in the province of Punjab, floods had submerged 4,500 villages, overwhelming "Pakistan's breadbasket", in a country that can't always afford to import enough food.

From BBC • Nov. 1, 2025

"Saint Elizabeth is the breadbasket of the country, and that has taken a beating. The entire Jamaica has felt the brunt of Melissa."

From Barron's • Oct. 29, 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