as in donkey
a sturdy and patient domestic mammal that is used especially to carry things used a burro to carry the supplies

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Recent Examples of burro After decades of neglect, the BLM is starting to address overpopulations of wild horses and burros on its Western rangelands. Andrew McKean, Outdoor Life, 19 Sep. 2024 Your second best bet is to stay put and get yourself a burro. Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2024 The training runs are also ideal for educating the public about pack burro racing. Heather Mundt, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 June 2024 Correspondent Conor Knighton looks at efforts (such as adoption programs for wild and domestic burros) aimed at giving these social animals a better life. David Morgan, CBS News, 16 Aug. 2024 See All Example Sentences for burro
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Noun
  • On Friday, an NBC News team in Gaza captured people moving in search of safety, some driving in battered trucks and others using carts pulled by donkeys, while others fled on foot.
    Freddie Clayton, NBC news, 17 May 2025
  • Every sunrise, the tourists hear the donkeys slowly return to the campsite from overnight in a pasture as well as the beautiful singing of Muslim prayers by the Touaregs.
    Angela Dansby, CNN Money, 14 May 2025
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  • The actor brought an edge to the sweet look with black accessories—a pair of patent leather mules, rounded cat-eye sunglasses, and a Cartier Baignoire watch on her left wrist.
    Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 21 May 2025
  • Best summer mules Mules provide the perfect canvas for the season’s most daring materials.
    Jake Henry Smith, Glamour, 20 May 2025

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“Burro.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/burro. Accessed 6 Jun. 2025.

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