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ranched

  • past participle of ranch.
  • past tense form of ranch.

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Park visitors, much to their delight, often encounter the horses while driving or hiking in the rolling, colorful Badlands where a young, future President Theodore Roosevelt hunted and ranched in the 1880s.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 25, 2024

Wegis and her husband, Jim, have been running their family farm since 1979 near lands where his ancestors homesteaded and ranched in the 1800s.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 13, 2023

When Letseoma was growing up in this house, her father had farmed and ranched and had owned horses, cattle, sheep, and chickens.

From Slate • Jan. 29, 2021

Robert Krentz Jr.’s family had ranched in the parched area around Douglas for decades.

From New York Times • Mar. 16, 2020

As Grandpa got older he ranched less and farmed more, until one day he stopped farming.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover