ranch
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A former independent senatorial candidate, Jenkins is fiercely proud of Nebraska agriculture and his own ranch, which is on land his family homesteaded more than 150 years ago.
From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026
Dobbertin, who spent years in Thailand, created her own crunchwrap featuring a tortilla wrapped around marinated chicken in a khao soi coconut curry with avocado basil ranch and crisp wheat noodles for added crunch.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
They had just bought 640 acres for an ostrich ranch, which ultimately didn’t work out, though they kept some of the birds as pets.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026
For me, this is often cottage cheese ranch or a punchy vinaigrette — mostly because Future Me is considerably more enthusiastic about eating vegetables when there is something good to drag them through.
From Salon ● Sep. 22, 2026
We finally decided that a dozen leos should be more than enough, and besides, the ranch had laundry facilities.
From "Courage to Soar" by Simone Biles
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Today, about 80% of America’s roughly quarter-million bison live on private ranches.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
Ken Boulay, the CEO of the Turtle Island Restoration Network, said it’s time to move forward and imagine what the park could be like without cattle and private ranches.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026
These ranches once supported families, small towns, local stores and restaurants, feed suppliers, truckers, veterinarians, and entire rural communities.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 30, 2026
“God bless her. She let me go out and live on ranches and run with other people to get away from him.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 2026
These animals once were raised on family farms and ranches.
From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan
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And now that anything can be ranched, everything is getting ranched.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
In the 1880s, Theodore Roosevelt hunted and ranched as a young man in the Badlands of what is now western North Dakota.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 25, 2023
When Letseoma was growing up in this house, her father had farmed and ranched and had owned horses, cattle, sheep, and chickens.
From Slate ● Jan. 29, 2021
Mormons later farmed and ranched on the lush landscape.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 19, 2020
As Grandpa got older he ranched less and farmed more, until one day he stopped farming.
From "Educated" by Tara Westover
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The show depicts the power struggles between patriarch John Dutton III, his children, the locals, and the outsiders seeking to change their bucolic ranching way of life.
From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026
The U.S. urgently needs a cattle policy worthy of its ranching tradition.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 30, 2026
Talbot said from the federal to the local level, everyone in the ranching community has been talking about the arrival of screwworm and how to combat it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 6, 2026
Larry McMurtry was born into a Texas ranching family.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 31, 2026
In the dusty business of ranching he seemed always immaculate.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
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