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plan B

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"You always need a plan b with farming, which is a bit disappointing, as the farm's not very profitable, so we've always been ambitious in trying to do two jobs at once as a family."

From BBC • Mar. 28, 2025

They might have to try a plan b here Mansfield as plan a certainly isn't working yet.

From BBC • Mar. 22, 2024

Asked whether he would be voting for plan b measures, he said: “I am not, no. You’ve heard it here first.”

From The Guardian • Dec. 12, 2021

I do not believe we should be going down the plan b route.

From The Guardian • Dec. 12, 2021

Smith tried plan b: working Seabiscuit in the afternoons on Mondays, when Santa Anita was closed to racing and the dockers and reporters had gone home.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand