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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
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American farmers say an oversupply of eggs is forcing them to sell at rock-bottom rates, while expenses like packaging and shipping continue to climb.—
Alexandra Banner,
CNN Money,
20 Feb. 2026
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Raed Abu Ali, a resident of the village of Mukhmas, said a group of settlers came to the community Wednesday afternoon and tried to attack a farmer, prompting clashes after residents intervened.—
Imad Isseid,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Feb. 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
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The triple-ball design comes preassembled in classic Roman-style planters and looks impressively realistic, according to Amazon reviewers—even moving gracefully in the wind without toppling over.—
Mariana Best,
Better Homes & Gardens,
19 Feb. 2026
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To make the planter, simply place multiple toilet paper tubes in a plant container with all the tubes standing next to each other.—
Michelle Mastro,
The Spruce,
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
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But when a patient recognizes him from his dangerous past, Brown has eight hours to elude the government, mob hitmen, quack surgeons, and a trail of dead gangers to beat the reaper somehow.—
Rosy Cordero,
Deadline,
18 Dec. 2025
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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
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Several defendants are members of the Ohio Cannabis Coalition, a marijuana trade association representing cultivators, dispensaries, processors and testing labs.—
Jessie Balmert,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
6 Feb. 2026
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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
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His father’s family were coffee growers before a coffee rust epidemic forced them to switch to oranges.—
Jenna Thompson,
Kansas City Star,
20 Feb. 2026
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Why this matters in California California’s ports, growers, and tech manufacturers sit at the heart of global trade.—
James Ward,
USA Today,
20 Feb. 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 25 Feb. 2026.
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