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The National Western Stock Show brings bison and ranchers to the area.
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Elizabeth Hernandez, Denver Post, 7 Aug. 2025
With the ranchers’ path to compensation back open, the Court declined to rule on the big question of whether the Takings Clause on its own grants the right to be heard in federal court.
—Andrew Wimer, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2025
Set largely during a long, troubled cattle drive from Texas to Abilene, the film stars John Wayne as Thomas Dunson, a cattle rancher with a tragic past who grows increasingly stern and unforgiving as the drive progresses.
—Keith Phipps, Vulture, 18 July 2025
That’s exactly what the developers — a group of ranchers who have been pushing a controversial 1,800-home development in the watershed of the Econlockhatchee River — apparently want.
—Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, The Orlando Sentinel, 14 July 2025
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Elizabeth Hernandez, Denver Post, 7 Aug. 2025
With the ranchers’ path to compensation back open, the Court declined to rule on the big question of whether the Takings Clause on its own grants the right to be heard in federal court.
—Andrew Wimer, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2025
Set largely during a long, troubled cattle drive from Texas to Abilene, the film stars John Wayne as Thomas Dunson, a cattle rancher with a tragic past who grows increasingly stern and unforgiving as the drive progresses.
—Keith Phipps, Vulture, 18 July 2025
That’s exactly what the developers — a group of ranchers who have been pushing a controversial 1,800-home development in the watershed of the Econlockhatchee River — apparently want.
—Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, The Orlando Sentinel, 14 July 2025
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“Rancher.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rancher. Accessed 23 Aug. 2025.
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rancher
noun
ranch·er
ˈran-chər 
: a person who owns or works on a ranch
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