villager
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But speaking outside Piddington village hall on Tuesday, one villager said when it came to holding the vote: "We wouldn't do this lightly."
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026
In the mid-2000s, he said, he learned what one villager after another had discovered: Local property officials had given Shehu control of their peninsula land.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026
You know, if you want a village, you’ve got to be a villager.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 15, 2026
Indonesian villager Supriyanto is visibly frustrated as he discusses the sprawling coal power plant emitting white plumes of smoke over his small fishing community.
From Barron's ● Feb. 18, 2026
A small group of Viet Cong had come through the night before, a villager explained.
From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin
In October 1907 the cargo vessel Alfred Erlandsen struck nearby rocks and the villagers who gathered at the clifftop could only listen to their cries for help.
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026
Ahead of the vote, council chair Tim McNally said the government "does not want to engage with villagers concerns".
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026
Trump's son Eric, who oversees the family's golf interests, is a more regular visitor and is familiar to villagers.
From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026
There’s an understandable pacing dip afterward, when the wounded villagers think the nightmare is over and our protagonists learn separately that the forest holds more of these mysteriously strong creatures.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
Jack Liu’s research helped inform a government intervention with the five thousand villagers living in the reserve areas in an attempt to find a win-win solution to this problem.
From "Camp Panda" by Catherine Thimmesh
