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as in idiot
a stupid person
called him a donkey when he refused to go along with their plans
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Recent Examples of donkey
Perry, the 30-year-old donkey, fought pituitary pars intermedia dysfunction, laminitis, arthritis and muscle atrophy leading up to his death.
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Krystal Nurse, USA Today, 26 Mar. 2025
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
In recent decades, Hydra has maintained its magical aura, largely thanks to the absence of traffic—everyone gets around by foot, boat, or donkey—and limits on new construction.
—Tony Perrottet, Travel + Leisure, 13 May 2025
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Krystal Nurse, USA Today, 26 Mar. 2025
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
In recent decades, Hydra has maintained its magical aura, largely thanks to the absence of traffic—everyone gets around by foot, boat, or donkey—and limits on new construction.
—Tony Perrottet, Travel + Leisure, 13 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for donkey
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The parade features dozens of armored combat vehicles, helicopters, vintage warplanes, thousands of soldiers in uniforms from the Revolutionary War to the present, horses, two mules and a dog.—
Tom Vanden Brook,
USA Today,
13 June 2025
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And pay special attention to those Franco Sarto mules, which are a steep 30% off despite being spotted on Katie Holmes earlier this spring.—
Jake Henry Smith,
Glamour,
11 June 2025
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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
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In other words, humans will tire out long before the burro.—
Heather Mundt,
Smithsonian Magazine,
13 June 2024
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Was his ass sore afterwards?), only to later confront herself with the idea that loving someone might require her to set them free.—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
12 June 2025
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To see 30,000 people on their feet and cheer after watching something, that kind of gratification for him and myself and everyone else that was involved in PBR — everyone who worked their asses off in six days.—
Jackie Strause,
HollywoodReporter,
3 June 2025
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So, the parallel thing that I’ve been frustrated by recently is not just calling Trump stupid, but calling Trump voters stupid.—
Drew Broussard
May 22,
Literary Hub,
22 May 2025
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Sometimes too stupid is actually smartski but sometimes is just stupid stupid.—
Caroline Downey,
National Review,
27 Mar. 2025
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Being a careless jackass but also irresistibly charming is a tough needle to thread.—
Staff Author Published,
EW.com,
22 May 2025
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To the show’s credit, Rick isn’t a simple bummer or jackass.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
11 Feb. 2025
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Each year, fire safety officials warn of the dangers of fireworks and stage demonstrations of dummies that catch fire and watermelons that explode.—
Linda Trischitta,
Sun-Sentinel.com,
10 July 2017
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At NASA Langley's Landing and Impact Research Facility, ten crash test dummies were buckled into a section of airplane fuselage and dropped from the sky.—
Chris Clarke,
Popular Mechanics,
6 July 2017
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“Donkey.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/donkey. Accessed 19 Jun. 2025.
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