tenant farmer
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Watching the harvest, tenant farmer Mohamed Ragab, 40, doubts it will bring profit.
From Barron's • May 15, 2026
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 first was a tenant farmer who worked for Lester McCoy, a well-known western-Kansas landowner and businessman.
From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote
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