mustang

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Recent Examples of mustang Ocracoke is home to a herd of Wild Banker Horses that are the descendants of Spanish mustangs that ended up on the island after a shipwreck several hundred years ago. Staff Author, Southern Living, 8 Jan. 2025 Federal officials are on the hunt for those responsible after a trio of wild mustangs were found shot dead in southwestern Utah. Brooke Baitinger, Idaho Statesman, 7 Jan. 2025 Several people who follow the plight of wild mustangs in Utah and across the west shared memories of the horses in the comments. Brooke Baitinger, Idaho Statesman, 7 Jan. 2025 Like Westward Expansion, half of Austin came out to see Chappell Roan in a great migration saddled up on pink ponies instead of mustangs. Deborah Sengupta Stith, Mars Salazar, Lily Kepner, Ramon Ramirez, Austin American-Statesman, 8 Oct. 2024 See All Example Sentences for mustang
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Noun
  • The group delivered solid material that rarely fell flat, building on Garrett’s wild bronco ride out of the starting gate.
    R. Daniel Foster, Forbes.com, 28 Apr. 2025
  • Its new country competitor, 107.1 Hank FM (formerly K-Hits), came out of the gate looking like a bucking bronco last spring.
    Michael Deeds, Idaho Statesman, 24 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Instead of an ultra-sleek ponytail, however, there was some softness to Kidman's hairstyle; two small pieces were pulled out near the front on either side of her face, and there was just a subtle touch of curl at the ends of the pony.
    Kara Nesvig, Allure, 5 May 2025
  • Those ponies are sent to the rear wheels through a 10-speed automatic transmission.
    Jeremy Korzeniewski, Robb Report, 1 May 2025
Noun
  • Photos show the exhausted mare nearly buried in the mud as rescuers tried to fasten the rope around her.
    Brooke Baitinger, Sacbee.com, 29 Apr. 2025
  • The beautiful horses are the main attraction at the Breeders’ Cup, from the future stars on Friday as juveniles, to the fantastic fillies, magnificent mares and classic colts that produce a lifetime of enjoyment for their connections and fans.
    Jay Ginsbach, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • While left alone for an hour, the younger sibling ignored all warnings and put Willow in the stallion's paddock.
    Lydia Patrick, Newsweek, 18 Mar. 2025
  • But even we weren’t prepared for the moment when Lady Jane Grey (Emily Bader) discovers that her handsome new husband, Lord Guildford Dudley (Edward Bluemel), is a stallion.
    EW.com, EW.com, 4 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Getty Images Notably absent from the race, however, was Sovereignty, the 3-year-old colt who won the Kentucky Derby.
    CBS News, CBS News, 17 May 2025
  • Trainer Michael McCarthy saddled the 3-year-old colt to a masterful win Saturday in 1 minute, 55.47 seconds.
    Sam Cohn, Baltimore Sun, 17 May 2025
Noun
  • His team consisted of the best possible combination—a mare and her foal, now a four-year-old gelding.
    Louise Erdrich, New Yorker, 25 May 2025
  • Averill got started in horse racing the same year that Werth was cashing in on U.S. Jets, partnering on a gelding named Fun n’ Gun that year.
    Dana O'Neil, New York Times, 2 May 2025
Noun
  • American Promise was a late foal and is just now maturing into the horse to beat for this race, in my opinion.
    Brian Hamilton, NBC news, 1 May 2025
  • In the pasture, the foal bows her knees, testing the earth’s firm handshake, spring’s promise renewed in the stretch of her legs – a motion both fresh and familiar.
    contributing Monitor poets, Christian Science Monitor, 23 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The horse race is for 3-year-old fillies on Friday, a prelude to the Preakness.
    Sam Cohn, Baltimore Sun, 17 May 2025
  • The favorite in this year’s field is Good Cheer, an undefeated filly going for her seventh win in Friday’s Grade 1 gallop.
    Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 2 May 2025

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