farmyard

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Recent Examples of farmyard But getting from laboratory breakthrough to farmyard reality isn't simple. Heide Brandes, thehustle.co, 24 Jan. 2025 The post shows Waffles enthusiastically galloping after the two goats, creating a scene of pure farmyard pandemonium. Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 17 Jan. 2025 Whether furry pets, farmyard animals, or creatures of the wild, animal antics are endlessly fascinating. Terry Baddoo, USA TODAY, 12 Dec. 2024 In addition, the zoo temporarily shuttered the farmyard and outdoor aviary and limited bird access to care providers and other professionals, canceling events that would have involved birds. Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 31 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for farmyard
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Noun
  • Severe weather in recent years has also strained local farms, at times wiping out entire crops at once.
    P.R. Lockhart, Hartford Courant, 10 July 2025
  • García Polanco added that her organization is the most concerned about the Trump administration potentially abusing demographic information in a way that could harm small farms owned and operated by farmers of color.
    Jenna McLaughlin, NPR, 10 July 2025
Noun
  • Pennsylvania, with its high density of farmland, is one of the states furthest behind on its goals for nutrients and sediment.
    Christine Condon, Baltimore Sun, 8 July 2025
  • Her platform promotes preservation of traditional farmland while also protesting corporate transition to solar farms.
    Kris Millgate, Outdoor Life, 3 July 2025
Noun
  • The 1,100 acres of J.G. Boswell’s land, a small portion of the company’s vast croplands, would provide a strategic location for a low-lying forebay to take in floodwaters from the Kings and Tule rivers and pump water into the reservoir, Ennis said.
    Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2025
  • In the study, scientists concluded further adaptation and the potential expansion of cropland may be needed to ensure food security and mitigate climate impacts.
    Doyle Rice, USA Today, 21 June 2025
Noun
  • The farmstead probably housed more than Orange’s family; likely one or more of his brothers also lived here.
    Michael Barnes, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
  • Weir and his friend Hartig were hiding a couple of hundred yards beyond the farmstead.
    Louise Erdrich, New Yorker, 25 May 2025
Noun
  • In Saukville, a 1,574-square-foot farmhouse, in the 2800 block of Orchard Lane, sold for $1,502,000.
    Dakota Barnes-Rush, jsonline.com, 7 July 2025
  • For a hint of rusticity, there’s the Canora Grey nightstand that has spindle legs and a secretary desk top for a modern farmhouse look.
    Shea Simmons, Southern Living, 2 July 2025
Noun
  • The jury was shown transcripts of angry emails and text messages between Serafini and his wife’s parents showing a heated, ongoing dispute over a $1.3 million loan from his in-laws to help fund his wife’s fledgling horse ranch business.
    Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 14 July 2025
  • Hauser’s jaded ranch foreman Rip Wheeler, who first came to John Dutton as a young boy on the run after killing his stepfather to protect his mother, learned how to be a cowboy from John, who treated him like a son.
    Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 11 July 2025

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