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Recent Examples of yeoman
Advertisement Over the years, the government has made a yeoman’s effort at explaining the reason for the no-fault nature of the court—which has nothing to do with Washington cutting sweetheart deals with Big Pharma.
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Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 22 Dec. 2025
Police and prosecutors are doing yeoman’s work to keep our communities safe and to keep people like Lawrence Reed from escaping justice only to harm again.
—Boston Herald Editorial Staff, Boston Herald, 25 Nov. 2025
The teams processed the tedious paperwork and did the yeoman’s work to dig through all of the laborious insurance responsibilities.
—Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 15 Nov. 2025
Like the yeoman boys are out in the barn, half-naked, working out, buffing up and wearing animal heads and preparing for some kind of an inchoate battle with the burghers.
—Literary Hub, 13 Nov. 2025
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Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 22 Dec. 2025
Police and prosecutors are doing yeoman’s work to keep our communities safe and to keep people like Lawrence Reed from escaping justice only to harm again.
—Boston Herald Editorial Staff, Boston Herald, 25 Nov. 2025
The teams processed the tedious paperwork and did the yeoman’s work to dig through all of the laborious insurance responsibilities.
—Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 15 Nov. 2025
Like the yeoman boys are out in the barn, half-naked, working out, buffing up and wearing animal heads and preparing for some kind of an inchoate battle with the burghers.
—Literary Hub, 13 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for yeoman
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Dressing gardens with compost helps improve soil structure and fertility, supports sustainable gardening practices, keeps ecosystems in balance and can reduce greenhouse gases, agriculturists tell us.—
Charles Selle,
Chicago Tribune,
6 May 2026
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Harvesting, usage, and benefits The type of rooibos predominantly cultivated by the tea industry is the Cederberg region’s Nortier (sometimes called Nortieria), named for the man credited with kick-starting the rooibos tea industry, South African agriculturalist Pieter le Fras Nortier.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
25 Mar. 2026
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Meanwhile, her parents lost their jobs; her grandparents, who were sharecroppers, were forced off the land; and the grocery store refused to serve her family.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
21 May 2026
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His father, Walter Riley, was one of eleven children of sharecroppers from Durham County, North Carolina, and became an activist at thirteen.—
Emily Nussbaum,
New Yorker,
17 May 2026
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Brlan said the planter boxes along with artificial turf, plants and soil supplied by Uplift Property Management were a huge addition to the new garden.—
Julie Gallant,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
28 May 2026
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Hanging baskets and vertical planters maximize space while adding visual interest.—
Yolanda Harris,
AJC.com,
28 May 2026
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Kelly Funk, president and CEO of Jackson & Perkins, a direct-to-consumer plant cultivator renowned for their extensive rose offerings, says this fast-draining soil type features a loose texture that quickly warms in spring and can be found in coastal zones or areas with dry climates.—
Patricia Shannon,
Southern Living,
24 May 2026
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Use a rake or cultivator to break it up and work it into the soil if possible; otherwise, add it to your compost pile, and spread a fresh layer of mulch.—
Nadia Hassani,
The Spruce,
20 May 2026
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One problem growers commonly encounter is twisted or curling tomato leaves.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
29 May 2026
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Some of the most distinctive shopping experiences in the United States happen at weekly community gatherings, where local makers, growers and artisans set up shop for a few hours and disappear by lunchtime.—
Hanna Wickes,
Kansas City Star,
29 May 2026
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Set in the Bangladeshi countryside during a pre-digital era, the film centers on Sadu, an impoverished tenant farmer who lives in isolation with his volatile wife.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
8 May 2026
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Jim Clayton, 91 The mobile home mogul grew up in a Tennessee log cabin; his family were tenant farmers on the property.—
Alex Knapp,
Forbes.com,
13 Apr. 2026
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Part of his mission as an exemplary gentleman farmer was to convince his peers to attend to their estates and, in so doing, bring them back into the fold of solid Roman traditions.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
4 Feb. 2026
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California’s beautiful water was tamed water, a community irrigation water system ideal for the gentleman farmer.—
Patt Morrison,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Aug. 2023
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The voice that had so startled me belonged to our farmhand, Heisuke, a loyal but rather slow-witted man.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 May 2026
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Case details Brewer, a farmhand, was convicted in the 1990 murder of an Amarillo flooring company owner.—
Erik Ortiz,
NBC news,
20 May 2026
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“Yeoman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/yeoman. Accessed 7 Jun. 2026.
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