work the land

idiom

: to plant and sow crops

Examples of work the land in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Here, those who work the land are those who survive. Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2024 Slave traders also forced enslaved Africans onto ships bound for North America, where slaveholders compelled them to work the land. Amanda Bellows, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 June 2024 Citizens would work the land or engage in trade to meet their needs instead of creating massive farms, plantations, or industrial plants designed to generate immense profit. TIME, 6 May 2024 The new settlers established a wide network of cotton plantations that crisscrossed the state and brought in enslaved people to work the land and tend to their homes. Dana Shavin, Travel + Leisure, 24 Jan. 2024 The idea that Jews would work the land was central to a new Jewish identity different from the intellectual or businessman of the diaspora. Emily Bazelon, New York Times, 1 Feb. 2024 Players have to fix up an old house, work the land and rebuild the small town. Gieson Cacho, The Mercury News, 19 Jan. 2024 Foreign employees, especially from Thailand, now work the land. Joshua Berlinger, CNN, 11 Oct. 2023 John helps work the land of the Yellowstone Dutton Ranch with his uncle until he is killed by the family's enemy, Banner Creighton. Emily J. Shiffer, Peoplemag, 15 Sep. 2023

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“Work the land.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/work%20the%20land. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.

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