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
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
Back then, China was a secretive and still largely peasant society.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 14, 2026
“It’s like reading an old English novel when you’re the peasant, and you’re not recognized.”
From Salon • Jan. 14, 2026
Now that noon was past, there were few people on the road, but soon they fell in with a peasant with a shepherd’s crook over his shoulder.
From "The Door in the Wall" by Marguerite de Angeli
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