breadbasket
Example Sentences
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“We are the breadbasket of the world but we’ve been overlooked for too long,” said Andrea Shabaglian, a vice president of the Fresno Republican women’s group.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 23, 2026
Experts warned that Ukraine is Europe’s breadbasket and Europe would starve.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 18, 2026
The scientists knew this massive pollution was happening in what is often described as the "breadbasket of Europe".
From BBC ● Mar. 13, 2026
The swathes of fertile farmland in Sudan, Africa's third-largest country and a potential agricultural breadbasket, have whetted the appetite of the desert Gulf countries across the Red Sea.
From Barron's ● Nov. 21, 2025
Above all, the river’s reliable yearly inundations had long made the kingdom the breadbasket of the Mediterranean.
From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro
