How to Use rancher in a Sentence

rancher

noun
  • Most of the fires are set by ranchers to clear land for pasture.
    Washington Post, 20 Nov. 2019
  • No charges were filed, and the rancher was let off with a warning.
    oregonlive, 22 Apr. 2021
  • Juan Mendoza, a rancher who was shot in the back by Col.
    Carolina Gusman, Pacific San Diego Magazine, 12 Oct. 2017
  • David, 68, a rancher from Austin, Texas David is a sweet soul who’s ready to find love!
    Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Aug. 2024
  • There are a lot of ranchers who are in our State House and Senate, too.
    William Earl, Variety, 17 Sep. 2023
  • Some of the wall got built (on the U.S.’ dime) and against Texas farmers’ and ranchers’ wishes.
    arkansasonline.com, 29 June 2024
  • The Pyrenees is truly the farmer and rancher's best friend.
    Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 25 Jan. 2025
  • There are so many things right now that are up in the air for farmers and ranchers.
    Caitlin Dewey, chicagotribune.com, 29 June 2018
  • The spree left the rancher’s barn, house and pickup truck damaged and caused a gas leak in a propane tank.
    Harry Harris, The Mercury News, 5 June 2017
  • Now, the rancher is opening up about his hero dog's good deed.
    Colson Thayer, People.com, 21 Apr. 2025
  • Stepping through the front door of a 1970s rancher can often feel like a time warp.
    Zoe Gowen, Southern Living, 6 Oct. 2024
  • The son of ranchers lived a few blocks away from her in Jalostotitlán, Jalisco.
    Esmeralda Bermudez, latimes.com, 13 May 2018
  • It had been found, he had been told, by a local rancher named Mac Brazel.
    WIRED, 14 Nov. 2023
  • Teri is a small but sure Iowan, a rancher’s wife, legally blind from a botched eye surgery.
    Adam Nemett, Rolling Stone, 14 May 2021
  • The last pair were discovered in 1874, saved by a rancher in the San Joaquin Valley.
    Tom Stienstra, SFChronicle.com, 8 July 2018
  • Most of the land ranchers run cattle on in the West is federal land.
    Josh Haner, National Geographic, 29 June 2018
  • Dolores is no longer the rancher's daughter, but a cold-eyed avenger.
    Kristi Turnquist, OregonLive.com, 20 Apr. 2018
  • At lunchtime, Mark Moore, 67, a rancher and logger, popped in to say hello.
    Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2022
  • That group includes some farmers and ranchers near the border of the landscape where the bears will make a new home.
    Evan Bush, NBC News, 28 Apr. 2024
  • Call Fred Richards, a Eustis rancher with more than 40 years of fence-building to his name.
    Lauren Ritchie, OrlandoSentinel.com, 26 Mar. 2018
  • The rancher claimed to have given the former robber a ride in his wagon.
    Alison Osius, Outside Online, 1 Nov. 2024
  • Well, the ranchers of Wyoming are very happy with what President Trump has done in terms of beef.
    NBC news, 13 July 2025
  • The roundups began as a way for ranchers to protect their cattle.
    John Paul Brammer, The New Yorker, 27 Apr. 2024
  • Somewhere below me, as the morning sun filtered through the grove, the rancher yelled at his cows.
    Peter Kujawinski, New York Times, 13 Oct. 2017
  • Ranchers abandoned the land around the test site in 1942, when the US government took over the area for use as a training range for bomber crews.
    Gabe Ramirez, CNN, 16 July 2017
  • The records show that both properties are owned by a single rancher.
    Washington Post, 29 Apr. 2022
  • Cara soon arrives to drop some wisdom on the bride-to-be, schooling her on the ups and downs of being married to a rancher.
    Matt Cabral, EW.com, 19 Dec. 2022
  • Fire crews and ranchers can try to protect the area ahead of the fire, only to see the wind shift and blow the fire in another direction.
    Karen Hickman, The Conversation, 1 Mar. 2024
  • The National Western Stock Show brings bison and ranchers to the area.
    Elizabeth Hernandez, Denver Post, 7 Aug. 2025
  • Olivares says his members want the lands given to ranchers for 99 years.
    Jonathan Franklin, San Francisco Chronicle, 29 Jan. 2018

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