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Recent Examples of field hand
While still a young girl, Tubman was taken away from her mother and forced to work as a maid, a nanny, a trapper, and a field hand.
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Casey Cep, The New Yorker, 24 June 2024
Criminals prey on avocado orchard owners, field hands and drivers who transport avocados for export, among other targets.
—Patrick J. McDonnell, Los Angeles Times, 22 June 2024
The field hands who work there will earn wages well above what’s standard for this rural area of Portugal.
—Sara Miller Llana, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 Apr. 2024
Born on the old Armant plantation in Vacherie, Louisiana, where his mother and father cut sugar cane as field hands, Nailor walked to a segregated school while white students like Weber whizzed past on buses.
—Jessica Guynn, USA TODAY, 16 Mar. 2024
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Casey Cep, The New Yorker, 24 June 2024
Criminals prey on avocado orchard owners, field hands and drivers who transport avocados for export, among other targets.
—Patrick J. McDonnell, Los Angeles Times, 22 June 2024
The field hands who work there will earn wages well above what’s standard for this rural area of Portugal.
—Sara Miller Llana, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 Apr. 2024
Born on the old Armant plantation in Vacherie, Louisiana, where his mother and father cut sugar cane as field hands, Nailor walked to a segregated school while white students like Weber whizzed past on buses.
—Jessica Guynn, USA TODAY, 16 Mar. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for field hand
Noun
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For farmers, children and others returning to areas after a conflict, a single step can mean permanent injury or death.—
Sagar Lekhak,
The Conversation,
5 Mar. 2026
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This stoneware version of the classic farmer's market berry basket is perfect for holding berries (of course) as well as candies, paper goods, or odds and ends.—
Michele Laufik,
Martha Stewart,
5 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Yaghi’s water harvester offers a more portable and eco-friendly alternative.—
Munis Raza,
Interesting Engineering,
23 Feb. 2026
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An organic farmer might use a tractor, a harvester, or a milking machine but avoid harmful fertilizers, pest controls, or animal growth hormones.—
Annie Levin,
Washington Post,
10 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Michaels is already full of lifelike faux flowers, planters, and vases.—
Sophia Beams,
Better Homes & Gardens,
4 Mar. 2026
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Be sure to remove the dirt from your planter and give it a good rinse with a garden hose before taking it to the thrift store, says Traxler.—
Alexandra Kelly,
Martha Stewart,
4 Mar. 2026
Noun
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At harvest, reapers took what was in the mix, both cultivated and wild.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
19 Feb. 2026
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These friends-to-enemies must navigate their complicated feelings for each other while solving the mystery of why reapers are turning part-human again.—
Clare Mulroy,
USA Today,
19 Dec. 2025
Noun
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Use a trowel or hand cultivator to break up the soil and turn it over.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
6 Mar. 2026
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The commission offers a range of license types, including cultivators, craft marijuana cooperatives, product manufacturers, retailers, research facilities, independent testing laboratories, transporters and microbusinesses.—
State House News Service,
Boston Herald,
16 Feb. 2026
Noun
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These opportunities weren’t universally available to all girls though, as there were barriers to entry for both African American and poor white daughters of tenant farmers and sharecroppers.—
Alana Al-Hatlani,
Southern Living,
25 July 2025
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This was a common practice in British rule, as seen with the Irish tenant farmers, as well as in Great Britain’s dominant involvement in the slave trade.—
Tanya Talaga
July 24,
Literary Hub,
24 July 2025
Noun
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Wild ginger is a slow grower can take several years to form a sizeable clump.—
Lynn McAlpine,
Better Homes & Gardens,
5 Mar. 2026
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Grape growers are leaving fruit to rot as harvest costs exceed market prices, while younger consumers abandon wine for beer and spirits.—
Iris Kwok,
Los Angeles Times,
4 Mar. 2026
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However, the farmhand, acquired from the Red Sox for catcher Carlos Narváez in December 2024, is on track to make his major league debut in 2026.—
Gary Phillips,
New York Daily News,
20 Feb. 2026
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Tom Lester played Eb Dawson, the Douglases' sarcastic young farmhand.—
Meredith Wilshere,
PEOPLE,
25 Jan. 2026
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“Field hand.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/field%20hand. Accessed 12 Mar. 2026.
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