How to Use rancher in a Sentence

rancher

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  • Four wolves were struck by vehicles and another was shot by a rancher.
    — oregonlive, 20 Apr. 2022
  • Sedona Beer gives them to a local cattle rancher for free.
    — Shaun McKinnon, The Arizona Republic, 15 July 2024
  • Williams also said that a rancher’s losses can stretch beyond an individual animal that’s killed.
    — oregonlive, 20 Apr. 2022
  • Ratliff said the attack site, in an area where the rancher is feeding cattle, is the farthest into Keating Valley that wolves have traveled.
    — oregonlive, 19 Jan. 2022
  • This is followed by the main course—a rotation that includes British Columbian sablefish, duck confit, and mole-spiced rack of lamb from a neighboring rancher.
    — John Briley, Robb Report, 28 Mar. 2024
  • The trial for a Nogales rancher charged with shooting to death a Mexican man in the back who was crossing through his land began Friday.
    — Sarah Lapidus, The Arizona Republic, 23 Mar. 2024
  • Benedict Cumberbatch stars as a sadistic rancher who makes life hell for his new sister-in-law and her son in 1925 Montana.
    — Zack Sharf, Variety, 1 Mar. 2022
  • King said the rancher who found him began searching his 100-acre property Tuesday morning after hearing that the boy was missing.
    — Annie Blanks, San Antonio Express-News, 8 Mar. 2022
  • There are a lot of ranchers who are in our State House and Senate, too.
    — William Earl, Variety, 17 Sep. 2023
  • Some of the wall got built (on the U.S.’ dime) and against Texas farmers’ and ranchers’ wishes.
    — arkansasonline.com, 29 June 2024
  • It had been found, he had been told, by a local rancher named Mac Brazel.
    — WIRED, 14 Nov. 2023
  • At lunchtime, Mark Moore, 67, a rancher and logger, popped in to say hello.
    — Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2022
  • That group includes some farmers and ranchers near the border of the landscape where the bears will make a new home.
    — Evan Bush, NBC News, 28 Apr. 2024
  • The roundups began as a way for ranchers to protect their cattle.
    — John Paul Brammer, The New Yorker, 27 Apr. 2024
  • The records show that both properties are owned by a single rancher.
    — Washington Post, 29 Apr. 2022
  • Cara soon arrives to drop some wisdom on the bride-to-be, schooling her on the ups and downs of being married to a rancher.
    — Matt Cabral, EW.com, 19 Dec. 2022
  • Fire crews and ranchers can try to protect the area ahead of the fire, only to see the wind shift and blow the fire in another direction.
    — Karen Hickman, The Conversation, 1 Mar. 2024
  • The Texas Farm Bureau has established a fund to aid farmers and ranchers.
    — Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN, 4 Mar. 2024
  • The organizations pay fees and ranchers to open gates that might be closed or land that might be off-limits the rest of the year.
    — Michael Van Runkle, Robb Report, 15 Nov. 2023
  • The identity of the rancher remains unavailable to the public.
    — Katie Hill, Outdoor Life, 4 Apr. 2024
  • The shape of the rancher is often rectangular, though many can also be built in a U or L shape.
    — Rachel Silva, ELLE Decor, 11 July 2022
  • But for rancher and dairy producer Rebecca King, the truest sign of autumn is in the cream.
    — Naoki Nitta, San Francisco Chronicle, 10 Oct. 2022
  • Within less than a week, Wells shipped 56 tons of the multi-purpose grain out to ranchers in the Texas Panhandle.
    — Bradford Betz, Fox News, 7 Mar. 2024
  • The cattle stir in the lots, the hens bob and scratch in the yards, and ranchers and farmers, pulling on their jackets, finish their second cup of coffee on the way out the door.
    — Jeff MacGregor, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 June 2023
  • In 1869, rancher Robert Allison bought thousands of acres in the region.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Oct. 2023
  • The skyscraper’s namesake was William Thomas Waggoner, a wealthy rancher and oilman born in 1852.
    — Wire Services, Dallas News, 12 Apr. 2023
  • Mark Moore, a 67-year-old rancher and logger who attended the school as a boy, dropped by while Branson-Potts was there.
    — Karen Kaplan, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2022
  • There’s a strong sentiment among many of the ranchers that the buttes’ tranquil splendor would be lost if the state started letting in the public.
    — Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 22 May 2024
  • There’s something about seeing Beth, who is the daughter of a rancher and the wife of a cowboy, embrace a part of her soul that she’s never had much time for.
    — Greg Braxton, Los Angeles Times, 13 Nov. 2022
  • Today, Los Magos works with Chihuahuan ranchers and sotoleros to harvest the plants and distill the liquor.
    — Jordyn Noennig, Journal Sentinel, 2 Apr. 2024

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