noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
cannon fodder
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
cannon
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Children will be cannon fodder to boost a school's image.
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Between them the eight runners had won three races; they were racing's cannon fodder .
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If all three aspects are not addressed the 240 additional cannon fodder will not remain in the system either.
crop
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The rains failed for two years in succession and the fodder crops planted in the demonstration ranch never materialized.
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Thus it is both a cash crop and a fodder crop.
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Forestry Management Planning, extension and training skills, with experience in reafforestation, agro- and community forestry, fodder crops .
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Many of the fodder crops are sold to the hill farmers and some are used to fatten the lambs.
winter
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Both are used for winter fodder .
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The squatters used holly as winter fodder for their cattle.
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The grass continues to grow almost all year, so only a little winter fodder is needed.
■ VERB
provide
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Distant washes, jagged peaks and alluring nooks in remote canyons provide fodder for imagined adventures.
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The convictions certainly will provide more political fodder for Republicans intent on keeping the issue before voters.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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All the left-over crops are chopped up and used as cattle fodder .
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Beet tops were left on the ground as fodder for a small flock of sheep.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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If we wanted to be tabloid fodder we easily could be.
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Is all fact simply fodder for legend?
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Maybe if you were stoned at a light show the Jimi Hendrix Experience could be boogie fodder .
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Potatoes are the only cash crop though even some of these are used for fodder .
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The convictions certainly will provide more political fodder for Republicans intent on keeping the issue before voters.
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Thus it is both a cash crop and a fodder crop.