plantation
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George grew up on a tobacco plantation approximately 30 miles southwest of Jamestown, Va., where in 1619 some of the first enslaved Africans in British North America were sold to colonists.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026
Mr. Rood tells us, that the plantation model reached “the apotheosis of the form.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026
"In Wayanad, going into the plantation at night is risky. We have snakes, wild boars, sometimes even leopards and elephants," he says.
From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026
And there is no sign yet that other projects linked to large-scale deforestation, including a food and energy plantation plan in South Papua, will be halted in this drive.
From Barron's • Feb. 19, 2026
The Christmas-tree plantation was dark as eclipses and whiffed of bleach.
From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell
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