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Recent Examples of yeoman
Over the past 25 years, on-board astronauts have done yeoman’s work in the station’s six laboratory modules.
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Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 6 June 2025
That line did yeoman’s work against Golden Knights star Jack Eichel.
—Daniel Nugent-Bowman, New York Times, 12 May 2025
Orioles beat writers Jacob Calvin Meyer and Matt Weyrich are continuing to do yeoman’s work in the first month of what promises to be a very forgettable 2025 Major League Baseball season.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 4 May 2025
Developing studio Jump Over the Age put yeoman’s work into Citizen Sleeper’s worldbuilding, especially all the other lonely souls on this starship — each of whom seem to be outrunning something, or someone.
—Luke Winkie, Vulture, 1 Apr. 2025
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Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 6 June 2025
That line did yeoman’s work against Golden Knights star Jack Eichel.
—Daniel Nugent-Bowman, New York Times, 12 May 2025
Orioles beat writers Jacob Calvin Meyer and Matt Weyrich are continuing to do yeoman’s work in the first month of what promises to be a very forgettable 2025 Major League Baseball season.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 4 May 2025
Developing studio Jump Over the Age put yeoman’s work into Citizen Sleeper’s worldbuilding, especially all the other lonely souls on this starship — each of whom seem to be outrunning something, or someone.
—Luke Winkie, Vulture, 1 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for yeoman
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The son of a Texas sharecropper, Stephenson moved to Evansville after World War I, taking a job as a salesman.—
Indianapolis Star,
IndyStar,
2 July 2025
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Born Jimmy Lee Swaggart in Ferriday, Louisiana, on March 15, 1935, Swaggart was the son of sharecroppers and cousin to both future rock ‘n’ roll pioneer Jerry Lee Lewis and future country music star Mickey Gilley.—
Greg Evans,
Deadline,
1 July 2025
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The expansive 80-seat deck’s planters bloom with wildflowers, and the space offers front-row views of the Flatirons.—
Brittany Anas,
Denver Post,
23 June 2025
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This section is bursting at the seams with bird feeders, gardening tools, planters, and more gardening accessories.—
Stephanie Osmanski,
Better Homes & Gardens,
9 July 2025
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Matías Litvak – An Argentine cultivator and activist based in Israel, Litvak oversaw cannabis R&D at Bar-Ilan University’s grow facilities.—
Javier Hasse,
Forbes.com,
24 June 2025
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To make their product, the food company’s scientists collect living cells from Pacific salmon and grow them in cell cultivators that mimic the inside of a wild fish—controlling factors like temperature, pH and nutrients, per their website.—
Margherita Bassi,
Smithsonian Magazine,
11 June 2025
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These opportunities weren’t universally available to all girls though, as there were barriers to entry for both African American and poor white daughters of tenant farmers and sharecroppers.—
Alana Al-Hatlani,
Southern Living,
25 July 2025
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This was a common practice in British rule, as seen with the Irish tenant farmers, as well as in Great Britain’s dominant involvement in the slave trade.—
Tanya Talaga
July 24,
Literary Hub,
24 July 2025
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Dior himself was a gentleman farmer, and his ornamental garden has been preserved.—
Jennifer Weil,
Footwear News,
3 Sep. 2019
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California’s beautiful water was tamed water, a community irrigation water system ideal for the gentleman farmer.—
Patt Morrison,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Aug. 2023
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In photographs from Hemingway’s time, the most striking thing is how empty the route looks, with only a few dozen young farmhands scattering ahead of the bulls’ horns.—
Tony Perrottet,
Smithsonian Magazine,
30 June 2025
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Never miss a story — sign up for PEOPLE's free daily newsletter to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories Tony Martinez as Pepino Garcia Tony Martinez portrayed Pepino, the McCoys’ farmhand who often served as comic relief.—
Tereza Shkurtaj,
People.com,
31 May 2025
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The family-friend label came a cropper after it was slapped with a multi-million-dollar copyright lawsuit by Disney, Warner Bros. and other major Hollywood studios for making unauthorized cuts – of scenes deemed unsuitable for family viewing by the brothers – to their movies and series.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
3 June 2025
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In January, 1813, at York Castle, fourteen croppers stood trial for rioting and machine breaking, which Parliament had deemed a capital offense in the new Frame-Breaking Act.—
John Cassidy,
New Yorker,
14 Apr. 2025
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Adams, meanwhile, may be fatally unpopular, damaged by both public corruption charges, dropped by President Donald Trump in what many Democrats saw as deeper corruption; and by a perception that his hand is not firmly on the tiller.—
Liz Hoffman,
semafor.com,
25 June 2025
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India emerges as an example of the downside of tiller reforms’ incrementalism.—
Michael Albertus,
Foreign Affairs,
24 June 2025
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“Yeoman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/yeoman. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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