land of plenty
Example Sentences
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The country — fed not by one but two mighty rivers, the Tigris and the Euphrates — is thought to be where humans first started cultivation: Mesopotamia, the land of plenty.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 24, 2021
No one moves to Detroit expecting an idyllic land of plenty, but Seattle has regularly been featured at the top of lists of “most livable cities.”
From Seattle Times • Nov. 5, 2021
The politician, says Hackett, was “talking friendly”, encouraging people to migrate to a land of plenty with “loads of jobs”.
From The Guardian • Aug. 6, 2020
While $15 to $20 is the land of plenty, I inevitably hear from people who believe $20 is too much to pay for a bottle of wine.
From New York Times • Apr. 18, 2019
Sir Francis Drake sailed into San Francisco’s harbor in 1579 and saw a land of plenty.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
