villager
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You know, if you want a village, you’ve got to be a villager.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 15, 2026
"We've had help from no one - not the government, not NGOs," says villager Abdul Malik.
From BBC ● May 18, 2026
Indonesian villager Supriyanto is visibly frustrated as he discusses the sprawling coal power plant emitting white plumes of smoke over his small fishing community.
From Barron's ● Feb. 18, 2026
For villager Zhang Yanjun, that amount hardly made a dent in his bill of several thousand yuan per season.
From Barron's ● Jan. 14, 2026
The villager who’d brought the lantern had retreated a few yards, and called down to them.
From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman
She had always made time for a "smile and a wave", said villagers there, with resident Jane Parsons adding the ongoing police investigation had left them "worried".
From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026
The villagers, however, say they will return next summer, determined to reclaim at least a patch of sky.
From Barron's ● Jul. 11, 2026
The history of the Jews of Jedwabne resurfaced in 2001, when Polish-American historian Jan T. Gross highlighted the role of Polish villagers in his book "Neighbors".
From Barron's ● Jul. 10, 2026
People greet each other in the street as if they were villagers in the countryside, not residents of Ukraine’s biggest city, said Natalia Nahorna, who lives in Lukyanivka and is determined not to leave.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026
After the magistrate had left, the villagers found out Babulya was the mysterious potions maker.
From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack
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