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Recent Examples of breadbasket
Gang members brandishing automatic rifles stormed through a town in Haiti’s main breadbasket region, killing at least 70 and forcing over 6,000 to flee, causing widespread shock even in a country grown accustomed to outbreaks of violence.
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Reuters, NBC News, 5 Oct. 2024
Call for assistance Pont-Sonde is a major rice producer located in Haiti's breadbasket Artibonite region, built around a bridge and important crossing connecting the capital to the north.
—Harold Isaac and Sarah Morland, USA TODAY, 4 Oct. 2024
The arid climate, cool evenings, and fertile soil once made this region a breadbasket.
—Erika Page, The Christian Science Monitor, 20 Sep. 2024
Now a budding community of artisans — young farmers, bakers, vintners, distillers — is turning the region into a modern breadbasket.
—Aaron Hicklin, Travel + Leisure, 8 Sep. 2024
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Reuters, NBC News, 5 Oct. 2024
Call for assistance Pont-Sonde is a major rice producer located in Haiti's breadbasket Artibonite region, built around a bridge and important crossing connecting the capital to the north.
—Harold Isaac and Sarah Morland, USA TODAY, 4 Oct. 2024
The arid climate, cool evenings, and fertile soil once made this region a breadbasket.
—Erika Page, The Christian Science Monitor, 20 Sep. 2024
Now a budding community of artisans — young farmers, bakers, vintners, distillers — is turning the region into a modern breadbasket.
—Aaron Hicklin, Travel + Leisure, 8 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for breadbasket
Noun
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Chronic gastritis is a lingering inflammation of the stomach lining.—
Sayaka Blickenderfer, PhD,
Health,
16 Jan. 2025
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Reviewers say the design is butt-lifting and sucks in the stomach for an ultra-lean look.—
Dana Leigh Smith,
Glamour,
16 Jan. 2025
Noun
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The other victim, a 17-year-old who was shot in his right abdomen, was taken also to St. Barnabas in stable condition.—
Kerry Burke,
New York Daily News,
4 Jan. 2025
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Wear Loose-Fitting Clothes Endometriosis can cause bloating, which is when your abdomen increases in size, and distension, which is a feeling of uncomfortable fullness in your abdomen.23 A lot of people with endometriosis refer to this as endo belly.—
Sarah Bence,
Health,
28 Dec. 2024
Noun
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From the beach here, the view is extraordinary — those planes, flying in pairs, skim the Pacific Ocean filling tanks in their bellies and then fly directly over the Santa Monica Mountains to douse flames.—
Kirk Siegler,
NPR,
12 Jan. 2025
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Wright also poses solo in the ocean, resting a hand on her belly.—
Hannah Sacks,
People.com,
9 Jan. 2025
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“Breadbasket.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/breadbasket. Accessed 27 Jan. 2025.
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