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Recent Examples of breadbasket
Gang members brandishing automatic rifles stormed through a town in Haiti’s main breadbasket region, killing at least 70 and forcing over 6,000 to flee, causing widespread shock even in a country grown accustomed to outbreaks of violence.
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Reuters, NBC News, 5 Oct. 2024
Call for assistance Pont-Sonde is a major rice producer located in Haiti's breadbasket Artibonite region, built around a bridge and important crossing connecting the capital to the north.
—Harold Isaac and Sarah Morland, USA TODAY, 4 Oct. 2024
The arid climate, cool evenings, and fertile soil once made this region a breadbasket.
—Erika Page, The Christian Science Monitor, 20 Sep. 2024
Now a budding community of artisans — young farmers, bakers, vintners, distillers — is turning the region into a modern breadbasket.
—Aaron Hicklin, Travel + Leisure, 8 Sep. 2024
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Reuters, NBC News, 5 Oct. 2024
Call for assistance Pont-Sonde is a major rice producer located in Haiti's breadbasket Artibonite region, built around a bridge and important crossing connecting the capital to the north.
—Harold Isaac and Sarah Morland, USA TODAY, 4 Oct. 2024
The arid climate, cool evenings, and fertile soil once made this region a breadbasket.
—Erika Page, The Christian Science Monitor, 20 Sep. 2024
Now a budding community of artisans — young farmers, bakers, vintners, distillers — is turning the region into a modern breadbasket.
—Aaron Hicklin, Travel + Leisure, 8 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for breadbasket
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For example, patients can experience skin rash, upset stomach and nausea, but taking the medication with food can help your body absorb the medicine better.—
Evan Moore,
Charlotte Observer,
30 Jan. 2025
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The medication — taken weekly by injection in the thigh, stomach or arm — is a brand name for semaglutide, which works in the brain to impact satiety.—
Vanessa Etienne,
People.com,
30 Jan. 2025
Noun
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The other victim, a 17-year-old who was shot in his right abdomen, was taken also to St. Barnabas in stable condition.—
Kerry Burke,
New York Daily News,
4 Jan. 2025
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Wear Loose-Fitting Clothes Endometriosis can cause bloating, which is when your abdomen increases in size, and distension, which is a feeling of uncomfortable fullness in your abdomen.23 A lot of people with endometriosis refer to this as endo belly.—
Sarah Bence,
Health,
28 Dec. 2024
Noun
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Nearly every expectant mother who has seen the telltale line on a pregnancy test or who has searched the sonogram while the tech wands her belly knows the flash of worry: What if this little life doesn’t make it?—
Ericka Andersen,
National Review,
24 Jan. 2025
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The little dog has quickly become a favorite among the watering hole's regulars, who make sure Rex never goes long without a belly rub.—
Kelli Bender,
People.com,
23 Jan. 2025
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“Breadbasket.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/breadbasket. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
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