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Recent Examples of yeoman
Ty one on: Holton has done yeoman’s work in the role (along with every other role this season), with just one run allowed in his seven starts, covering 14 innings (including two Monday).
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Ryan Ford, Detroit Free Press, 4 Sep. 2024
Francis Fritz also joined the Navy when the war came and served as a yeoman.
—Steve Bowersox, Baltimore Sun, 6 July 2024
The Hornets have a yeoman’s job ahead of them to stop the rim shots whenever their team name is uttered, and must find a way to establish a new, exciting reality.
—Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 5 June 2024
The two men on the state flag are a sailor holding a coil of rope and yeoman resting on a pick, according to the Wisconsin Blue Book.
—Hope Karnopp, Journal Sentinel, 30 May 2024
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Ryan Ford, Detroit Free Press, 4 Sep. 2024
Francis Fritz also joined the Navy when the war came and served as a yeoman.
—Steve Bowersox, Baltimore Sun, 6 July 2024
The Hornets have a yeoman’s job ahead of them to stop the rim shots whenever their team name is uttered, and must find a way to establish a new, exciting reality.
—Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 5 June 2024
The two men on the state flag are a sailor holding a coil of rope and yeoman resting on a pick, according to the Wisconsin Blue Book.
—Hope Karnopp, Journal Sentinel, 30 May 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for yeoman
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Lewis was born to sharecroppers in rural Pike County, Alabama, in 1940.Barbara Spindel, The Christian Science Monitor, 31 Oct. 2024
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Rafer Johnson Rafer Johnson was born in Hillsboro, Texas on August 18, 1934, the son of sharecroppers.Tim Genske, Forbes, 22 Oct. 2024
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Since one of the skeletons towers at 12 feet tall, Jackson made a Swig cup out of a plastic planter and two giant pieces of poster board.Skyler Caruso, People.com, 29 Oct. 2024
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Want some inspo on creating plants that cohabitate well in planters together?Krista Simmons, Sunset Magazine, 18 Sep. 2024
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Product displays by cultivator or processor (empty packaging/no cannabis) inside the dispensary, not visible from the exterior of the building.Dispatch staff, The Enquirer, 23 July 2024
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Smaller cannabis cultivators, rather than chains, may be the best place to start.Rowan Briggs, The Mercury News, 10 Oct. 2024
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Who is more delusional than Elizabeth Bennet, who uses love to justify an economic system that treats her physical body as a means of production and will also entitle her to enjoy, without lifting a finger, the rent that Darcy charges his tenant farmers?Andrea Long Chu, Vulture, 20 Sep. 2024
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Her exhibition will feature massive and lush depictions of giant meteorites; Bush, the tenant farmer, is also a subject: Simpson’s exhibit returns his story to him.Dean Baquet, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2024
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California’s beautiful water was tamed water, a community irrigation water system ideal for the gentleman farmer.Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 2023
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And if tuning out entirely isn’t your speed, such activities as foraging, beekeeping, flower collecting, and focaccia baking are all available to bolster the gentleman farmer vibe.Leena Kim, Town & Country, 18 June 2023
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Open Range is an oddly gentle Western about a cowboy named Boss (a fantastic Robert Duvall; this might be his last great performance) and his farmhand (Costner), a former soldier who is trying to turn away from his old violence but must team with Boss to take down an evil rancher (Michael Gambon).Will Leitch, Vulture, 1 July 2024
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In large barns across the US, packed with gates, crates, and hollering farmhands, animals are unloaded, pushed around, reloaded, and hauled away.Jessica Scott-Reid, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
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DeSantis' landslide will likely turn out to be the historically most important result from last Tuesday, akin to but with even greater consequences than George W. Bush's victory in Texas in 1998, another midterm year in which the GOP otherwise came a cropper.Bradley Gitz, Arkansas Online, 28 Nov. 2022
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But on closer inspection, there are differences: This cropper is shirtless, his backside a bit too pert, and the stalks of asparagus growing from the ground are, in fact, penises.Max Norman David Chow Victoria Petro-Conroy, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2022
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That rod moves a connected tiller in the rear, which in turn swivels the motor/prop pod to the left or right.Ben Coxworth, New Atlas, 27 Sep. 2024
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Buyers will be able to select from several options to better tailor the motor to their boat, including tiller steer and center console control systems, short and long shaft configurations, and various propellers.New Atlas, New Atlas, 23 July 2024
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“Yeoman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/yeoman. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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