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stockyard

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as in yard

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Recent Examples of stockyard But existing as a piece of the local fabric couldn’t stop the 50-year-old American Royal building from deteriorating or make the back payments on stockyard land. — Patrick Salland, Kansas City Star, 7 Nov. 2025 The American Royal’s evolution But existing as a piece of the local fabric couldn’t stop the 50-year-old American Royal building from deteriorating or make the back payments on stockyard land. — Patrick Salland, Kansas City Star, 7 Nov. 2025 Mexican migrants began arriving to work in the city’s stockyards and meatpacking plants as early as the mid-1800s. — New York Times, 15 Sep. 2025 The stockyards began to decline in the 1950s as the industry became more decentralized, and today the Fort Worth Stockyards National Historic District is primarily a tourist attraction. — Michael Barnes, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for stockyard

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But two more scores from Rexroat of 5 and 54 yards maintained the Eagles’ control of the game.

— Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Oct. 2026
The Chiefs actually missed a 43-yard field goal that would have won the game in regulation — after Justin Houston forced Lamar Jackson to fumble — but won the game with a short kick in overtime.

— Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, 23 Oct. 2026

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Recovered materials will serve as livestock bedding and fertilizer onsite, making those outputs part of the feedlot’s operations alongside gas production.

— Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 1 Sep. 2026
Days of heat, high humidity, a lack of wind and cooler nighttime temperatures created a dangerous mix, according to Warren Rusche, a South Dakota State University Extension feedlot management specialist.

— Meghan O'Brien, States Newsroom, 13 Aug. 2026

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McCollum spent summers working cattle, branding steers and tending to his grandfather's ranch alongside his cousins.

— Amber Harding OutKick, FOXNews.com, 25 Oct. 2026
The horses panicked after a tree limb fell and hit the side of the wagon, ranch officials said on social media Saturday.

— Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 23 Oct. 2026

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