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He lives in an iron-roofed house, tends a small potato garden in his front yard and tracks global events—from the conflicts in the Middle East to European soccer—via his smartphone.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 9, 2026

"Our food was one small potato a day," he said.

From BBC • Feb. 20, 2025

Also, even if administrators in the school are annoyed with your “insubordination,” you are a decidedly small potato in the field of enormous spuds that your administrators face on a weekly basis.

From Slate • Aug. 19, 2021

When garnished with a small potato, it is called a Polished Gibson.

From Washington Post • Oct. 4, 2019

Little Willy lived with his grandfather on a small potato farm in Wyoming.

From "Stone Fox" by John Reynolds Gardiner




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