peasants

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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

He painted Tesla, a company he famously rules with nearly an iron fist, as an egalitarian workplace with "no lords and peasants," because there's no "special elevator only for senior executives."

From Salon • Mar. 17, 2025

We learn that things were one way, something happened, and then things were another way: On Monday peasants toiled in the mud for feudal kings.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson