tenant farmer

Example Sentences

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Third-generation tenant farmer Ollie Stobo, 45, who farms cereal crops on 500 acres of land near Witney in Oxfordshire, has been hit by floodwaters for the seventh time in two years.

From BBC • Jan. 3, 2024

The son of a tenant farmer, Walker and his family worried that an injury in his senior year could jeopardize his professional career and the millions of dollars awaiting him there.

From Slate • Nov. 6, 2022

Mahmad Ewaz, 28, a former tenant farmer and father of four who fled fighting in Helmand province two years ago, listened to his 1-year-old daughter coughing and contemplated a single log resting in the corner.

From Washington Post • Jan. 8, 2022

The hall featured a wooden cotton planter used by a South Carolina tenant farmer.

From New York Times • Nov. 25, 2021

She felt that she never wanted to leave her parents and grandparents, and she felt that she did not want to be a tenant farmer her whole life.

From "A Place to Belong" by Cynthia Kadohata