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Recent Examples of lumbermanThe history of gubernatorial candidates and winners in Wisconsin is replete with mayors, merchants, lawyers, lumbermen, publishers, educators, industrialists, secretaries of state, attorneys general and lieutenant governors.—
Craig Gilbert,
jsonline.com,
21 Jan. 2026 Where once these trees stood in the island of Negros, sugarcane now dominates, all benefiting the hacenderos who welcomed the American lumbermen to clear the forests for later agricultural conversion.—JSTOR Daily,
19 Nov. 2025 At this moment, our two guides and the lumbermen who had rescued us from the log jam came bursting out of the guides’ cabin and rushed to the bateau.—
Robeson Bailey,
Outdoor Life,
11 June 2025 In 1960, a lumberman from North Carolina, Jack Taylor, bought the ranch and closed access to the residents of the valley with land grant rights.—
Elise Schmelzer,
The Denver Post,
5 May 2024 See All Example Sentences for lumberman
In the same month Netflix released Train Dreams, the film version of Denis Johnson’s revered short novel about a logger whose deceased baby daughter visits him in the form of a wolf.
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Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Sep. 2026
In 2024, two loggers were killed in bow-and-arrow attacks after entering Mashco Piro territory, and subsequent sightings have placed members of the group close to active logging areas.
Letrell often wore Ben Davis shirts, a popular brand among lumberjacks, with the iconic monkey logo.
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Meghan O'Brien,
NBC news,
8 Sep. 2026
In this way, the performers see themselves as modern-day visages of the lumberjacks who inspired the legend of Paul Bunyan, sizing each other up in competition to determine who's best.
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Israel Schuman,
Des Moines Register,
18 Aug. 2026
The Copleys worked with a forester to develop a management plan, which included a goal of installing a trail system to improve access for maintenance and harvesting of timber.
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John Moritz,
Hartford Courant,
28 Aug. 2026
An eastern gray variety, the forester, lives on Tasmania but is vastly outnumbered by its smaller cousins, the Bennetts wallaby and the timid pademelon.