breadbasket
Example Sentences
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Experts warned that Ukraine is Europe’s breadbasket and Europe would starve.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 18, 2026
The scientists knew this massive pollution was happening in what is often described as the "breadbasket of Europe".
From BBC • Mar. 13, 2026
A barley risotto studded with dried autumn mushrooms follows, Finland’s breadbasket turned into comfort.
From Salon • Mar. 8, 2026
The swathes of fertile farmland in Sudan, Africa's third-largest country and a potential agricultural breadbasket, have whetted the appetite of the desert Gulf countries across the Red Sea.
From Barron's • Nov. 21, 2025
This, bear in mind, is the breadbasket of America, an area that produces roughly half the world’s cereals.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
