villager
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villagers
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In the mid-2000s, he said, he learned what one villager after another had discovered: Local property officials had given Shehu control of their peninsula land.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026
Zhou, the villager from Renhe, said she had asked a friend to swim through the floodwaters to check on her relatives.
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026
You know, if you want a village, you’ve got to be a villager.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 15, 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
The wealthiest villager wife came to the laundry one day to have a listen.
From "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston
Ten days later, villagers filled the square again.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2026
In Qusra, resident Yussef Abdul Kareem Hassan told AFP that a handful of villagers were doing work on a house on Saturday when they were approached by a small group of settlers.
From Barron's ● Aug. 29, 2026
Instead of fighting the erosion, villagers have introduced their own mitigating measures to give their properties and livelihoods a better chance against the inevitable.
From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2026
The Zvernec villagers fear getting bulldozed once again.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026
It would have been safer to go to the farther bank—the villagers wouldn’t be able to find her—but she could barely see it.
From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer
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