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Recent Examples of stockyard
Hit the Hay Western ranchers start to get their fill of deer this month as herds of whitetails, mule deer and even elk descend from neighboring public land on second-cutting alfalfa bales stored in stockyards.
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Outdoor Life, 19 Nov. 2019
Refrigerated trucking gave stockyard owners the flexibility to move wherever business conditions suited, which frequently meant anonymous, horizontal structures in the countryside.
—Daniel Immerwahr, The New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2023
Its railroads, lumberyards, and stockyards were booming, its businessmen prospering.
—Margaret Talbot, The New Yorker, 2 Oct. 2023
At a stockyard beneath the bleachers, some cowhands cooked fish for breakfast just after sunrise.
—Jes Aznar Mike Ives, New York Times, 26 June 2023
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Outdoor Life, 19 Nov. 2019
Refrigerated trucking gave stockyard owners the flexibility to move wherever business conditions suited, which frequently meant anonymous, horizontal structures in the countryside.
—Daniel Immerwahr, The New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2023
Its railroads, lumberyards, and stockyards were booming, its businessmen prospering.
—Margaret Talbot, The New Yorker, 2 Oct. 2023
At a stockyard beneath the bleachers, some cowhands cooked fish for breakfast just after sunrise.
—Jes Aznar Mike Ives, New York Times, 26 June 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stockyard
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For example, a feedlot manager could hold off on cleaning big manure piles, which kicks up ammonia, or change their pen cleaning schedules until the storm passes, Collett said.Noelle Phillips, The Denver Post, 8 Sep. 2024
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His main opponents are former LaTurner staffer Jeff Kahrs, a veteran of both state and federal government who's self-funded more than two-thirds of the $433,000 he's raised, and rancher and feedlot owner Shawn Tiffany, a political newcomer who's raised almost $379,000.Geoffrey Skelley, ABC News, 5 Aug. 2024
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Also worth reading 🏈 Football: The Lions had another historic day Sunday, setting franchise records for total yards, most first downs and margin of victory in a 52-6 beatdown of the lowly Jacksonville Jaguars at Ford Field.Elissa Robinson, Detroit Free Press, 18 Nov. 2024
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Travis Hunter had several Heisman moments but only a mediocre day receiving by his standards (five catches for 55 yards).Kyle Newman, The Denver Post, 16 Nov. 2024
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With some help from George, the Native American ranch hand who works for Natty (played by Ben Cardinal), and their mother’s old horse Lightning, the twin girls quickly piece together that the ranch’s financial failings may have more to do with Bart’s meddling than with Natty’s business model.Sara Belcher, People.com, 19 Nov. 2024
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The ranches and dairies of the Point Reyes Seashore Ranchers Association intervened in the suit.Richard Halstead, The Mercury News, 14 Nov. 2024
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“Stockyard.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stockyard. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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