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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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Fertilizer is also essential to farmers, and about 30% of the world’s fertilizer shipments typically pass through the Strait of Hormuz.—
Mae Anderson,
Chicago Tribune,
1 May 2026
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Platner, an oyster farmer and military veteran, also regularly polled significantly higher than Mills.—
Jared Kofsky,
ABC News,
30 Apr. 2026
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Eating harvester ants began as a feeding specialization, not a defense.—
Ryan Brennan,
Kansas City Star,
13 Apr. 2026
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Aker is the world's largest harvester of krill, responsible for over half the world's catch.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
1 Apr. 2026
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It's recommended to use a soil mix specifically designed for containers and outdoor use, as indoor plant soil may not provide the necessary drainage or nutrients for plants in outdoor planters.—
Patricia Shannon,
Southern Living,
1 May 2026
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And a chaise lounge — placed slightly apart, perhaps near a planter or a low hedge — establishes the kind of quiet retreat that disappeared somewhere around the time the carpool schedule took over your life.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
1 May 2026
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Those who try the reaper heat level must be 18 or older.—
Saleen Martin,
USA Today,
16 Apr. 2026
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Matt with his stick; the reaper with his scythe.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
31 Mar. 2026
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Separately, a cultivator sued MED, alleging the agency has failed to uphold its statutory duty to protect consumers and prosecute bad actors.—
Tiney Ricciardi,
Denver Post,
21 Apr. 2026
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The representatives argued that bad actors are unfairly driving down prices and shifting the tax burden to manufacturers and cultivators who are trying to follow the rules.—
Christopher Osher,
ProPublica,
14 Apr. 2026
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Playing alongside Clarence Muse, who portrays a tenant farmer, Fetchit was cast as the clichéd buffoon, lazy and happy-go-lucky.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
25 Mar. 2026
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Centuries of penal laws had left Catholics as impoverished tenant farmers, while Protestants – wealthier and less reliant on the crop – had greater resources to survive.—
Paula Kane,
The Conversation,
13 Mar. 2026
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Gilcrease said growers want to see regulation phased in gradually.—
Ian James,
Los Angeles Times,
1 May 2026
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As a slow-grower, carpetgrass can take a couple of seasons to fully replace a lawn area.—
Lee Wallender,
The Spruce,
30 Apr. 2026
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Peter Falk plays a man reading a story to his grandson, about a Princess Buttercup (Robin Wright), who falls in love with her farmhand, Westley (Cary Elwes).—
David Faris,
TheWeek,
16 Apr. 2026
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Genet’s success in school saved him from a life as a farmhand; instead, at age thirteen, he was apprenticed to a typographer at the École d’Alembert, near Paris.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
31 Mar. 2026
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“Field hand.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/field%20hand. Accessed 3 May. 2026.
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