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Recent Examples of stockyard
Businesses were leaving the city, and even the stockyards that graced poetry were struggling.
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Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 24 June 2025
Johnson started working at age 6, getting blood out of the overalls of a stockyard working neighbor.
—Sonari Glinton, Forbes.com, 16 May 2025
Later, when the stockyards were in bloody operation, a portion of the river was called Bubbly Creek because it was filled with animal carcasses and waste that would bubble to the surface.
—Rick Kogan, Chicago Tribune, 18 Feb. 2025
Mars used the inheritance to raise purebred Hereford cattle and to buy a stockyard.
—Paige Williams, The New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2024
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Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 24 June 2025
Johnson started working at age 6, getting blood out of the overalls of a stockyard working neighbor.
—Sonari Glinton, Forbes.com, 16 May 2025
Later, when the stockyards were in bloody operation, a portion of the river was called Bubbly Creek because it was filled with animal carcasses and waste that would bubble to the surface.
—Rick Kogan, Chicago Tribune, 18 Feb. 2025
Mars used the inheritance to raise purebred Hereford cattle and to buy a stockyard.
—Paige Williams, The New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stockyard
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While the majority of American beef is produced domestically, the US routinely imports young cattle from Mexico to fatten up in American feedlots, says David Anderson, a professor and livestock economist at Texas A&M University.—
Bloomberg,
Oc Register,
6 Aug. 2025
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Because of the extended regional drought, most U.S. ranchers aren't able to fill the gap for feedlots with domestic cattle.—
Clara Migoya,
AZCentral.com,
16 July 2025
Noun
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Because of how tough the animals are, hunters typically have to be close — within 50 yards and sometimes 10 yards — to make a clean shot.—
Kris Millgate,
Outdoor Life,
7 Aug. 2025
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Jefferson, on the other hand, played in all 17 games last season and had 103 catches for 1,533 yards and 10 touchdowns.—
Ryan Canfield,
FOXNews.com,
6 Aug. 2025
Noun
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In addition, both had childhood experiences at their grandparents’ hobby farms: Schneider’s grandfather had a horse ranch and vegetable farm in Michigan, and Alem’s grandmother grew corn, tomatoes and cucumbers in Louisiana.—
Nara Schoenberg,
Chicago Tribune,
4 Aug. 2025
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The pair became a Hollywood power couple and tied the knot in 1988 during a top-secret ceremony at Reynolds' ranch in Jupiter, Fla., which was documented by PEOPLE.—
Stephanie Wenger,
People.com,
3 Aug. 2025
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“Stockyard.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stockyard. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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