dirt farmer

Example Sentences

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Moyers was born June 5, 1934 in Hugo, Okla., the son of a dirt farmer and day laborer.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 26, 2025

One might think that local popular outrage toward outsiders would tilt the balance in favor of Jon Tester, who started out as a dirt farmer from Big Sandy.

From Slate • Nov. 3, 2024

The rural dirt farmer versus the decorated Navy SEAL.

From New York Times • May 17, 2024

“I’m just a dirt farmer trying to do what’s right for the people in my state and across the country.”

From New York Times • Aug. 1, 2023

After the deaths of her parents she’d lived almost like a prisoner in the rat-infested attic of a dirt farmer named Jeremy Carton.

From "Copper Sun" by Sharon M. Draper