peasant
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Back then, China was a secretive and still largely peasant society.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 14, 2026
In long, meandering speeches laced with peasant folklore, Museveni often appeals for more time, likening himself to a farmer leaving a plantation just as it starts bearing fruit.
From Barron's • Jan. 12, 2026
“Chefs have purposefully made it feel unachievable. When you strip it back, it’s all from peasant cookery — people were cooking it on farms, around fires.”
From Salon • Oct. 18, 2025
This party traces its ideological roots to a 1946 peasant uprising in the southern state of Telangana.
From BBC • May 27, 2025
A hundred thousand people lived in the dam catchment area, but up to a million peasant farmers, coming from far away, relied on the clinic.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
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