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Recent Examples of farmhand
That is the long-term hope the Yankees have for the farmhand, though temporary relief work could get Lagrange in the big leagues sooner and hasn’t been ruled out by the club.
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Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 13 Mar. 2026
Tom Lester played Eb Dawson, the Douglases' sarcastic young farmhand.
—Meredith Wilshere, PEOPLE, 25 Jan. 2026
The film centers on Westley (Cary Elwes), a farmhand who goes on a noble quest to rescue his beloved Buttercup (Robin Wright) from the clutches of the loathsome Prince Humperdink (Chris Sarandon), to whom she's unhappily betrothed.
—James Mercadante, Entertainment Weekly, 20 Jan. 2026
One of those deals was signed by former New York Yankees farmhand Omar Martinez, a 24-year-old catcher who elected free agency in November after over seven years in the organization.
—Jackson Roberts, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2025
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Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 13 Mar. 2026
Tom Lester played Eb Dawson, the Douglases' sarcastic young farmhand.
—Meredith Wilshere, PEOPLE, 25 Jan. 2026
The film centers on Westley (Cary Elwes), a farmhand who goes on a noble quest to rescue his beloved Buttercup (Robin Wright) from the clutches of the loathsome Prince Humperdink (Chris Sarandon), to whom she's unhappily betrothed.
—James Mercadante, Entertainment Weekly, 20 Jan. 2026
One of those deals was signed by former New York Yankees farmhand Omar Martinez, a 24-year-old catcher who elected free agency in November after over seven years in the organization.
—Jackson Roberts, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for farmhand
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Fertilizer is also essential to farmers, and about 30% of the world’s fertilizer shipments typically pass through the Strait of Hormuz.—
Mae Anderson,
Chicago Tribune,
1 May 2026
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Platner, an oyster farmer and military veteran, also regularly polled significantly higher than Mills.—
Jared Kofsky,
ABC News,
30 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Give your 19th-century plowman a dozen hard ciders, though, and see whether that plays a more significant role in his evening than his urge to pull himself up by his bootstraps.—
Dan Brooks,
The Atlantic,
3 Nov. 2025
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Even if, by the end of the tune, the plowman who sings it has lost his farm, and Bessie’s missing and presumably buried on it somewhere.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
12 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Eating harvester ants began as a feeding specialization, not a defense.—
Ryan Brennan,
Kansas City Star,
13 Apr. 2026
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Aker is the world's largest harvester of krill, responsible for over half the world's catch.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
1 Apr. 2026
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Harvesting, usage, and benefits The type of rooibos predominantly cultivated by the tea industry is the Cederberg region’s Nortier (sometimes called Nortieria), named for the man credited with kick-starting the rooibos tea industry, South African agriculturalist Pieter le Fras Nortier.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
25 Mar. 2026
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Despite that, effective control over such management priorities has long rested with agriculturalists and hunters, whose interests are not always shared by the vast majority of Coloradans.—
DP Opinion,
Denver Post,
16 Feb. 2026
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Farmers currently may need the assistance of an agronomist to analyze the data and use it for future planting strategies.—
Tyler Jett,
USA Today,
15 Apr. 2026
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An agronomist develops crops that yield more food every harvest.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
8 Apr. 2026
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Those who try the reaper heat level must be 18 or older.—
Saleen Martin,
USA Today,
16 Apr. 2026
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Matt with his stick; the reaper with his scythe.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
31 Mar. 2026
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Cotton growers today are using more efficient irrigation systems, crop inputs and technologies while increasing the amount of cotton produced per acre.—
Catherine Salfino,
Footwear News,
24 Apr. 2026
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The rest comes from vetted local suppliers like the aforementioned mushroom growers Hella Sopperri or Lystgården, a sustainable urban garden in Bergen.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
23 Apr. 2026
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Separately, a cultivator sued MED, alleging the agency has failed to uphold its statutory duty to protect consumers and prosecute bad actors.—
Tiney Ricciardi,
Denver Post,
21 Apr. 2026
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The representatives argued that bad actors are unfairly driving down prices and shifting the tax burden to manufacturers and cultivators who are trying to follow the rules.—
Christopher Osher,
ProPublica,
14 Apr. 2026
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“Farmhand.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/farmhand. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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