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Recent Examples of croft
Living on a croft, our family was there for some months in early 1967.
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John McPhee, The New Yorker, 31 Jan. 2022
John McPhee, The New Yorker, 31 Jan. 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for croft
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Environmental triggers include exposure to specific toxins, nail polish, or hair dye, smoking, and certain infections, such as urinary tract infections (UTIs).2 Risk Factors Several factors raise your chances of developing primary biliary cholangitis.Mark Gurarie, Health, 13 Dec. 2024
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The criteria was only in effect for one year, and beginning with the 2022-2023 school year, the school system put in place a new plan that relies on grades, census tracts and performance on a standardized test.Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 9 Dec. 2024
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Gilbert was founded in 1891 when the first homestead was purchased in the area.Maritza Dominguez, The Arizona Republic, 5 Dec. 2024
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As 15 States Hit With Winter Weather Warning Landslides, Flash Floods Leave 16 Dead, Six Missing The landslides affected an area of about 50 acres, including homesteads and agricultural land situated on a downhill slope.Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 28 Nov. 2024
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The claim: UnitedHealthcare CEO shooter identified as 'Samuel H. Ide' A Dec. 5 Instagram post (direct link, archive link) shows an image of a man in a black T-shirt and glasses holding a rifle in a wooded clearing.Andre Byik, USA TODAY, 6 Dec. 2024
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In New York City, rainfall will likely drench parade-goers in the morning, with clearing expected by midafternoon.Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 28 Nov. 2024
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The second amendment will delete a subsection of the charter allowing city staff to have the ability to approve, conditionally approve or disapprove a plat, aligning with the Texas Local Government Code.Austin American-Statesman, Austin American-Statesman, 4 May 2024
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Later, tidy plats of cinder block-and-concrete houses for snowbirds and beach motels scattered Anna Maria Island as new properties developed along the gorgeous shore.Tracey Minkin, Southern Living, 6 Sep. 2024
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Many home logos utilize a name as a starting point, incorporating words such as cottage, bungalow, manor and hall before adding other area details.Nicole Letts, Southern Living, 1 Nov. 2024
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The festivities started with a welcome party at an old manor called Casa Dos Penedos in Sintra.Florence O'Connor, Vogue, 25 Oct. 2024
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The nonprofit hopes the new trees can rejuvenate the struggling population of existing oaks and slow fires by creating a natural buffer and fending off the invasive grasses that have replaced the native chaparral ecosystem.Noah Haggerty, Los Angeles Times, 14 Dec. 2024
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Residents are also urged to avoid tossing cigarettes or matches onto dry grass, as this could ignite a wildfire.Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024
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In truth, there is apparently no eyewitness account—and possibly as few as three questionable second-hand accounts—from before the Civil War that this Yule Log custom ever took hold on a single Southern plantation much less across the entire South.Robert E. May / Made by History, TIME, 19 Dec. 2024
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The Underground Railroad, both a history and an allegory about an enslaved woman who escapes from a Southern plantation, became an unblinkingly strong Prime Video series.Tom Gliatto, People.com, 11 Dec. 2024
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According To Nutritionists By Hannah Coates The rural setting of Glebe House, a restaurant with rooms surrounded by a 15-acre smallholding, is crucial to the spell of the place, which is heavy on Devonshire air and the scent of baking porridge bread.Jo Rodgers, Vogue, 3 May 2024
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Its contemporary décor is a world away from Heathcliff’s ramshackle smallholding, and includes luxuries like a swimming pool.Ruth Bloomfield, WSJ, 9 Aug. 2018
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“Croft.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/croft. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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