plantations

Example Sentences

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But the land was fertile, and the Native Americans told of even richer soil to the east, ideal for encomiendas, as large Spanish-ruled plantations exploiting indigenous labor were called.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 2026

Their base case sees Middle East tensions peaking in 2Q before easing in 2H, supporting tactical upside in oil and gas, and plantations.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

Meanwhile the large sugar and tobacco plantations that once belonged to former colonizers were quickly being absorbed by American corporations — not by Cubans.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 21, 2026

Unusually intense monsoon rains pummelled parts of South and Southeast Asia in November and December, triggering landslides and floods from Indonesia's rainforests to highland plantations in Sri Lanka.

From Barron's • Feb. 25, 2026

Slowly, Japanese women joined men on the sugar plantations.

From "Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science" by Marc Aronson