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plantation

[plan-tay-shuhn] / plænˈteɪ ʃən /


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The debris was found on Monday morning by a plantation worker in Indonesian Borneo, after residents reported hearing a loud bang the previous evening over a remote area of Central Kalimantan province.

From Barron's ● Oct. 20, 2026

Among them was Mama Nopi and her offspring Nopi, Naufal and Nopan, who had been surviving in a coconut and rubber plantation before their rescue in early September, Yiari said.

From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026

RHB maintains an overweight rating on the Southeast Asia plantation sector.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026

Oil palm plantations and other plantation forestry are also widespread in the region.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 6, 2026

The inside of the train was swanky as what my imaginings had told me the inside of the Tanners’ plantation house was like.

From "The Journey of Little Charlie" by Christopher Paul Curtis

English authorities and the monarchy were prominent participants in the centuries-long slave trade which saw millions of Africans enslaved and forced to work, especially on plantations in the Caribbean and the Americas.

From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2026

Spenser arrived in Ireland in 1580, during the brutal suppression of the Second Desmond Rebellion, and became a beneficiary of the plantations, through which confiscated Irish lands were granted to English settlers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026

The fires have raged across forests and peatland but also palm oil and timber plantations supplying multinational firms.

From Barron's ● Oct. 22, 2026

The blazes in Indonesia have burned through hundreds of thousands of hectares of forest and plantations, sickened local residents and sent thick haze across the region.

From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026

While marching through Alabama in June 1862, Garfield got a disturbing look at slavery on southern plantations.

From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow


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