rancher

Example Sentences

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First of all, the rancher has eyes on their animal, and if they see that the animal has an infestation, they send it to a vet.

From Slate • Jun. 11, 2026

Past screwworm outbreaks imposed major rancher losses beyond cattle deaths, including surveillance and treatment costs, according to Ethan Dixon and Mariam Yousuf, research analysts at the federal bank.

From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026

In the end, the rancher burned through the $170 million taken in from the bank and investors—some of them friends from his small Kentucky town.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026

She’d been in the midst of writing a different book, a novel about a Wyoming rancher and her horse, Whistler, but it wasn’t clicking.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2026

Papa thought it was the right thing to do; after all, the rancher had let us live in his cabin free while we worked for him.

From "The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child" by Francisco Jiménez