bought the farm
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We moved to Iowa in 2018 and bought the farm, literally.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 11, 2026
Schwarzman, who usually arrives by helicopter, also bought the farm next door to host pheasant and partridge shoots.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2025
Ranchera music filled her section of the field as a cool breeze blew through four towering poplar trees Alvarez’s father, Hilario Alvarez, planted when he bought the farm in 1988.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 22, 2023
Zaleski bought the farm in 2000 intending to give it to her mother.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 25, 2022
“Hendrik and Hanni named him General, but their aunt and uncle said the people they bought the farm from called him Mole. He lived in a culvert. I like the name Mole.”
From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
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