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
You know, if you want a village, you’ve got to be a villager.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 15, 2026
In desperation, Bishar Mohamed, no relation to the first villager, travelled more than 150 kilometres with his herd of 170 goats in search of pasture.
From Barron's ● Jan. 27, 2026
“Good luck to the bloke”, said villager Adrian.
From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2024
She would begin telling the story, perhaps repeating it to a homesick villager, and I’d overhear before I had a chance to protect myself.
From "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston
In Coedpoeth, villagers say lorries began dumping a few months ago on former farmland off Talwrn Road, and one person said so much had been deposited it had "levelled off" a hillside.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
Ten days later, villagers filled the square again.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 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
After sunrise, villagers in Qusra, near the city of Nablus, walked through the scorched remains of the Al-Rahma mosque, broken tiles littering the ground, videos showed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 1, 2026
Most of the villagers were smudged with soot and dirt, and others were all wet.
From Anya and the Dragon by Sofiya Pasternack
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