as in stallion
a large hoofed domestic animal that is used for carrying or drawing loads and for riding
the mounted police stable their horses in the city park
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Recent Examples of horse
The petrified bones of extinct horses, ground sloths, cheetahs and bears have been uncovered from the dusty layers of time exposed here.
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Ernie Cowan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Mar. 2025
The Sundance Film Festival is getting on its horse and moving to Boulder.
—John Wenzel, Denver Post, 28 Mar. 2025
Baffert rarely sends horses to Gulfstream from his California headquarters and has saddled just one previous starter in the Florida Derby, 2021 ninth-place finisher Spielberg.
—Clark Spencer, Miami Herald, 27 Mar. 2025
In the final four minutes of the series, a man appears with his back to the camera while riding a horse in a desert region, looking at the mountains.
—Isadora Wandermurem, Time, 26 Mar. 2025
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Ernie Cowan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Mar. 2025
The Sundance Film Festival is getting on its horse and moving to Boulder.
—John Wenzel, Denver Post, 28 Mar. 2025
Baffert rarely sends horses to Gulfstream from his California headquarters and has saddled just one previous starter in the Florida Derby, 2021 ninth-place finisher Spielberg.
—Clark Spencer, Miami Herald, 27 Mar. 2025
In the final four minutes of the series, a man appears with his back to the camera while riding a horse in a desert region, looking at the mountains.
—Isadora Wandermurem, Time, 26 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for horse
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Initially dedicated to breeding stallions within a regenerative livestock system, the ranch now supports a diverse ecosystem.—
Lauren Mowery,
Forbes,
28 Feb. 2025
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Bornstein came to run the facilities at Casey’s through Prince, a stallion with serious behavioral and training issues.—
Molly Morrow,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Feb. 2025
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Sovereignty, a promising colt who opened at 8-5, is the one to beat in the Florida Derby.—
Dan Shanoff,
New York Times,
28 Mar. 2025
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Southwest second-place finisher Sandman, a Tapit colt and Oaklawn winner trained by Mark Casse, is No. 32 in the pool and 40-1.—
Bob Wisener,
arkansasonline.com,
12 Feb. 2025
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This year’s cups are meant to honor a trio of winning fillies: Regret (1915), Genuine Risk (1980), and Winning Colors (1988).—
Jonah Flicker,
Robb Report,
8 Apr. 2025
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The $250,000 Gulfstream Park Oaks (G2) is Race 9 Saturday and seven 3-year-old fillies are entered with a pair of favorites expected to decide the race.—
Jay Ginsbach,
Forbes.com,
29 Mar. 2025
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Whether that brawny youth can bring that sort of unbridled thinking under real-race weights, in real tack, against real, experienced racehorses that have won multiple stakes remains to be seen.—
Guy Martin,
Forbes.com,
26 Mar. 2025
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The extraordinary compound has seen centuries of transformation, from Chumash villages to a bustling cattle ranch, a haven for champion racehorses, and even the world’s largest orchid farm.—
Abby Montanez,
Robb Report,
20 Mar. 2025
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As horse-girl fiction expanded into dragon-riding fiction over the past half century, this new interpretation of a steed and rider has continued to influence beauty-and-the-beast stories.—
Rebecca Scofield / Made by History,
TIME,
21 Jan. 2025
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Their reliable steeds take you off into the hills for beautiful vistas overlooking the park and neighboring lands, without any of the noise or exhaust from a Jeep or ATV tour.—
Lisa Maloney,
Condé Nast Traveler,
3 Apr. 2023
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“Horse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/horse. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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