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Recent Examples of rancher
The rancher began to suspect that all white vapor trails from aircraft might be dangerous.
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Stephanie Armour, CNN Money, 16 Oct. 2025
Coe, a rancher, lives a few miles from the 111-year-old county courthouse in Alturas, where every seat in the court chamber has a rack for cowboy hats.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 15 Oct. 2025
After the devastating Palisades and Altadena fires, here was a delicate drama about life after a wildfire that, for one rancher played by Josh O’Connor, seems to have claimed just about everything.
—Christian Blauvelt, IndieWire, 14 Oct. 2025
The series stars Josh Duhamel as Staten Kirkland, legacy rancher, alongside Kelly’s Quinn, talented pianist and owner of a lavender farm and Gracie’s Dance Hall.
—Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 29 Sep. 2025
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Stephanie Armour, CNN Money, 16 Oct. 2025
Coe, a rancher, lives a few miles from the 111-year-old county courthouse in Alturas, where every seat in the court chamber has a rack for cowboy hats.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 15 Oct. 2025
After the devastating Palisades and Altadena fires, here was a delicate drama about life after a wildfire that, for one rancher played by Josh O’Connor, seems to have claimed just about everything.
—Christian Blauvelt, IndieWire, 14 Oct. 2025
The series stars Josh Duhamel as Staten Kirkland, legacy rancher, alongside Kelly’s Quinn, talented pianist and owner of a lavender farm and Gracie’s Dance Hall.
—Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 29 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rancher
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But even if every ounce of meat imported under Trump’s plan comes directly from Argentina, U.S. cattlemen are still cautious that this will undermine America's ranchers while doing little to meaningfully lower prices.—
Hugh Cameron,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Oct. 2025
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In addition to Johnson, Earle Mayor Jaylen Smith, also a Democrat, and landscaper and cattleman Robert Thorne Jr., a Republican, have also announced their candidacies for House District 35.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
16 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Roosevelt observes that the cougars of his time are docile and timid, terrified of the rifle-bearing ranchman who had come to dominate their homelands.—
Declan Leary,
National Review,
12 Sep. 2019
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This once summer residence of the Marquis de Mores—an Old West frontier ranchman—and his family includes many of their original furnishings.—
Laura Kiniry,
Smithsonian,
6 June 2019
Noun
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Houston Tye Hinton, resident stockman at the Anchor 7 Cattle Growers Association, is winding down after a long day of branding cattle.—
Pien Huang,
NPR,
15 Jan. 2025
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The larger piece found its way to the Esperance Museum, but the smaller piece remained undiscovered until the curious stockman uncovered it.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
30 Apr. 2023
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That period also saw her star in Sergio Leone’s Western Once Upon a Time in the West (1968), as the female protagonist, widowed homesteader Jill Mcbain, alongside Henry Fonda and Charles Bronson.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
23 Sep. 2025
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Angie Katsanevas, who loves brand names, beauty and micromanaging her family, swaps lives with off-the-grid homesteader and former Mormon Lindsay Flake, whose family lives without electricity, running water and rules.—
Ethan Shanfeld,
Variety,
16 Sep. 2025
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The entries this year range from a photograph of a horseman at sunset in Turkey, spotted between large rocks that appeared to form a natural stage, to a bird's-eye view of thousands gathering at the Ganges River in India to celebrate the body of water as a source of life.—
NPR,
NPR,
27 Oct. 2025
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Three horsemen burst forth from the ranch, setting off a flurry of gunfire.—
Davis Winkie,
USA Today,
14 Oct. 2025
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“Rancher.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rancher. Accessed 9 Nov. 2025.
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