farming

Example Sentences

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Amid mounting losses the family gave up farming and in 2005 moved to the city - to Bengaluru - and started a vegetable shop.

From BBC • May 25, 2026

Liberated from farming and fearful of helot revolts, the Spartans developed their austere lifestyle and rigorous program of military training.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 25, 2026

Since taking office in 2023, Milei, a free-market radical, has sought to boost mining in a country famous for farming but which also has vast reserves of copper, gold, lithium and uranium.

From Barron's • May 23, 2026

This, he said, was due centuries of human activity such as farming and timber use.

From BBC • May 20, 2026

We stowed our farming tools, removed our boots, and chuckled to each other as the voice rose in pitch and volume.

From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo