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Recent Examples of burro
The number of wild burros roaming pine forests and sagebrush fields has grown in recent years, with experts worried that the miniature beasts of burden could overwhelm rare and endangered species of plants.
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Annie Goodykoontz, Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2025
HMAs are designated areas where the BLM tries to manage a sustainable number of horses and burros while keeping rangelands healthy for other uses, like recreation and grazing.
—Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 2 Apr. 2025
In other words, humans will tire out long before the burro.
—Heather Mundt, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 June 2024
Spencer’s sold a burro, imported from Mexico at a cost of $85 for a young male and $180 for a female foal.
—Mark Dent, thehustle.co, 6 Dec. 2024
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Annie Goodykoontz, Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2025
HMAs are designated areas where the BLM tries to manage a sustainable number of horses and burros while keeping rangelands healthy for other uses, like recreation and grazing.
—Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 2 Apr. 2025
In other words, humans will tire out long before the burro.
—Heather Mundt, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 June 2024
Spencer’s sold a burro, imported from Mexico at a cost of $85 for a young male and $180 for a female foal.
—Mark Dent, thehustle.co, 6 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for burro
Noun
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Brighty was a real donkey who helped some of the Grand Canyon North Rim's first settlers establish camp by carrying water through rugged terrain, said Crockett, an author and Grand Canyon historian.—
Rey Covarrubias Jr,
AZCentral.com,
27 July 2025
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Four years later, also in Harper’s Weekly, Nast drew a donkey clothed in lion’s skin, scaring away all the animals at the zoo.—
Richard Lederer,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
19 July 2025
Noun
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Fill your closet with slip-on sneakers, sleek mules, trendy ballet flats, and more styles for all ]occasions.—
Clara McMahon,
People.com,
30 July 2025
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The unions’ job — to do its best to stop the mule from chucking everything up in the air — thus becomes pretty tricky.—
Nick Miller,
New York Times,
29 July 2025
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“Burro.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/burro. Accessed 7 Aug. 2025.
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