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Recent Examples of farmyard
Old Trafford was good for ducks of the farmyard variety.
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Tim Ellis, Forbes, 25 Sep. 2024
Connecticut’s Beardsley Zoo has announced the arrival of five new Guinea hog piglets to the farmyard family, according to a release.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 7 Aug. 2024
Our kitchen door opened onto a narrow strip of terrace and the low stone wall separating us from the farmyard.
—Rosanna Warren, Harper's Magazine, 25 June 2024
The property is farmed regeneratively, with an orchard, garden, vineyard and farmyard denizens — chickens, two longhorn cows, horses and a flock of geese — that greet you along the driveway.
—Amber Turpin, The Mercury News, 27 May 2024
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Tim Ellis, Forbes, 25 Sep. 2024
Connecticut’s Beardsley Zoo has announced the arrival of five new Guinea hog piglets to the farmyard family, according to a release.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 7 Aug. 2024
Our kitchen door opened onto a narrow strip of terrace and the low stone wall separating us from the farmyard.
—Rosanna Warren, Harper's Magazine, 25 June 2024
The property is farmed regeneratively, with an orchard, garden, vineyard and farmyard denizens — chickens, two longhorn cows, horses and a flock of geese — that greet you along the driveway.
—Amber Turpin, The Mercury News, 27 May 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for farmyard
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While Congress determines much of the department’s funding levels, the agriculture secretary can still exert great influence over federal food and farm policy.—
Linda Qiu,
New York Times,
23 Jan. 2025
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Undocumented immigrants account for about 20% of the agriculture industry's overall workforce, although that figure can rise to roughly half for some speciality farms, according to Capital Economics, which advises large investors.—
Megan Cerullo,
CBS News,
23 Jan. 2025
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The board unanimously approved a rezoning that includes up to 175 one- and two-story single-family homes on nearly 63 acres of former farmland at Kistler Farm and Rocky River roads in east Mooresville.—
Joe Marusak,
Charlotte Observer,
22 Jan. 2025
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Martin and county transit leaders say the project makes far smarter and financially sensible use of the bus station’s existing 12 acres of surface parking and the second, 33-acre piece of former farmland, which the county transit agency also owns.—
Andres Viglucci,
Miami Herald,
22 Jan. 2025
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In one, five women in white hanbok, carrying bundles of white laundry on their heads, form a tight, diagonal spiral (in response to gusts of wind?) against dark fields of grass and cropland.—
E. Tammy Kim,
The New Yorker,
18 Jan. 2025
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Acid rain, caused by these emissions, has damaged a third of China’s limited cropland, in addition to forests and watersheds on the Korean Peninsula and in Japan.—
Thomas N. Thompson,
Foreign Affairs,
8 Apr. 2013
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But the Victorian farmstead is not just a capsule suspended in time.—
Melanie Stetson Freeman,
The Christian Science Monitor,
26 Nov. 2024
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Blackberry Farm Walland, Tennessee What sets Blackberry Farm’s youth club apart from other hotels with kids' clubs and resorts for kids is its farmstead experiences, which teach kids responsibility and reinforce their appreciation for nature without sacrificing fun.—
Gina Kramer,
USA TODAY,
28 Dec. 2024
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This may be true, but what sane person would exchange the gleaming city at 3 a.m. for the farmhouse at 9 P.M., with all the exhausted hoers and threshers briefly asleep until the next dawn’s labor begins again?—
Adam Gopnik,
The New Yorker,
20 Jan. 2025
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The old farmhouse still stands but construction is all around — for factories, housing and a hotel.—
David Culver,
CNN,
18 Jan. 2025
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The family has launched a GoFundMe to keep the ranch afloat.—
Melissa Gomez,
Los Angeles Times,
16 Jan. 2025
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Situated on 3,800 peaceful wooded acres, it was originally founded in the 1970s to be a working farm, cattle ranch, hunting reserve, and home for an Italian duke and duchess.—
Lisa Cericola,
Southern Living,
15 Jan. 2025
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