peasant
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They impacted the lives of more than 100 million people through trade unions, peasant organisations, student wings and disciplined cadre networks.
From BBC ● May 26, 2026
In Eastern Europe the labor camps had put an end to hundreds of years of colorful peasant attire, Ms. Müller observes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 8, 2026
The split widens when a labor strike becomes an armed revolt, with Jacir gamely tracking the hardening or shifting loyalties of both her peasant and well-to-do characters.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 27, 2026
“It’s like reading an old English novel when you’re the peasant, and you’re not recognized.”
From Salon ● Jan. 14, 2026
They have faces that make one think—honest peasant faces, broad foreheads, broad noses, broad mouths, broad hands, and thick hair.
From "All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel" by Erich Maria Remarque
A teenager draws his slingshot, while fighters holding prayer beads take control of a Soviet tank, and peasants clutching pitchforks face Soviet soldiers.
From Barron's ● Jan. 22, 2026
The late French queen is best known for her supposedly callous, clueless, privileged suggestion that if the peasants couldn’t get enough bread, they should eat cake instead.
From MarketWatch ● Jan. 2, 2026
This was distinct from Europe where aristocrats lived off inherited wealth, only peasants labored manually and one’s place in society was fixed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2025
I think all us peasants will do well enough without you.
From Salon ● Feb. 16, 2025
But they’re not peasants and, besides, they’re old.
From "The Inquisitor's Tale" by Adam Gidwitz
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