breadbasket
Example Sentences
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The town is in the Santa Cruz region -- an agricultural breadbasket for Bolivia, supplying food to the country's western areas.
From Barron's • Jun. 6, 2026
“We are the breadbasket of the world but we’ve been overlooked for too long,” said Andrea Shabaglian, a vice president of the Fresno Republican women’s group.
From Los Angeles Times • May 23, 2026
Experts warned that Ukraine is Europe’s breadbasket and Europe would starve.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 18, 2026
St Elizabeth, known as Jamaica's breadbasket, produces much of the island's produce.
From BBC • Oct. 29, 2025
Above all, the river’s reliable yearly inundations had long made the kingdom the breadbasket of the Mediterranean.
From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro
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