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Recent Examples of yeoman
On the other hand, the Democratic-Republicans’ vision for the nation was based on the yeoman farmer with limited federal government and no standing army.
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Lindsay M. Chervinsky / Made By History, TIME, 19 Sep. 2024
Lessening the impact of wildfires and expediting recovery can help farms and ranches do yeoman’s work to support health and the economy.
—Andrew J. Whelton, The Conversation, 13 Aug. 2024
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).
—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
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Lindsay M. Chervinsky / Made By History, TIME, 19 Sep. 2024
Lessening the impact of wildfires and expediting recovery can help farms and ranches do yeoman’s work to support health and the economy.
—Andrew J. Whelton, The Conversation, 13 Aug. 2024
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).
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for yeoman
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World & Nation President Carter and the Mideast: Long-ago success and lasting wounds Jan. 1, 2025 The procession stopped at the farm where the future president toiled alongside the Black sharecroppers who worked for his father.—
Bill Barrow,
Los Angeles Times,
4 Jan. 2025
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Written in clear, confident prose, the book captured the profound influence of the land and the people -- especially the Black sharecroppers who helped raise him.—
Philip Martin,
arkansasonline.com,
2 Jan. 2025
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For those who want their homes to feel both chic and welcoming without complicated styling, try adding a small accent piece like a wood-and-metal lamp or a concrete planter or pairing linen throw pillows with a metallic side table for contrast.—
Wendy Vazquez,
Southern Living,
17 Jan. 2025
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One of the easiest ways to bring the outside in is by incorporating unique houseplants, floral arrangements, and ceramic planters for a fresh, organic ambience in your interiors.—
Nashia Baker,
Architectural Digest,
17 Jan. 2025
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The company launched an indoor cultivator called the LG Tiiun in 2019, before following up with much more compact iterations.—
Emma Roth,
The Verge,
26 Dec. 2024
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Artists are launching their own lines of cannabis products, typically pairing up with existing cultivators to get their brands on dispensary shelves.—
Rowan Briggs,
The Mercury News,
23 Oct. 2024
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These parcels were given to native Hawaiian tenant farmers in 1850 and were considered sacred to the generations who had owned them since.—
Joyce Chen,
Architectural Digest,
16 Jan. 2025
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The new draft act has its roots in the 1950s, when 30 to 40 percent of India’s farmland was worked by tenant farmers.—
Tim Hanstad,
Foreign Affairs,
29 Apr. 2016
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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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The former Miami Marlins farmhand, who played in 23 big-league games in 2022, hit an astounding 19 home runs in 93 at-bats for Oaxaca before the Giants signed him in mid-May.—
Andrew Baggarly,
The Athletic,
1 Aug. 2024
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As its workers stream to the U.S., Mexico runs short of farmhands Landlines are dying out.—
Washington Post,
Washington Post,
23 Mar. 2024
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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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The aging tiller takes pride in that fact as well as his work.—
Lovia Gyarkye,
The Hollywood Reporter,
25 Jan. 2025
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The no-nonsense, commercial look also stretches to the central helm with a trio of 22-inch Garmin screens as well as a tiller and joystick controls.—
Howard Walker,
Robb Report,
30 Dec. 2024
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“Yeoman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/yeoman. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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