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Recent Examples of mares
Insulin can come from pig pancreases, estrogen from the urine of pregnant mares.
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Burkhard Bilger,
New Yorker,
29 June 2026
But those first few crops of kids exceeded expectations in their 2-year-old seasons, and so owners started bringing him higher-class mares.
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Graham Cornwell,
New York Times,
19 June 2026
Music is one way the mares, part of Nodiff-Netanel’s nonprofit called Mini Therapy Horses, comfort people, especially hospital patients, in Southern California.
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Kyle Melnick,
Washington Post,
9 May 2026
The day before the Kentucky Derby each year is known as Ladies’ Day, with several stakes races for fillies and mares, highlighted by the Kentucky Oaks.
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Jay Posner,
Los Angeles Times,
2 May 2026
The royal also got to see some breeding mares and foals up close, gently petting some horses and feeding one a carrot.
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Helen Murphy,
PEOPLE,
30 Apr. 2026
Pearl Is a Tiny, Piano-Playing Sensation Black Pearl — Pearl, to her fans — is one of nine mares on the Mini Therapy Horses team, a nonprofit based in California’s Santa Monica Mountains.
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Hanna Wickes,
Kansas City Star,
16 Apr. 2026
The organization sends its team of nine mares to support hospital patients, first responders and schoolchildren through animal visits.
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Hanna Wickes,
Miami Herald,
16 Apr. 2026
The Organization Behind the Curtain Black Pearl is one of nine mares making up Mini Therapy Horses’ team, a nonprofit based in California’s Santa Monica Mountains led by Victoria Nodiff Netanel.
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Hanna Wickes,
Sacbee.com,
16 Apr. 2026
Burkhard Bilger,
New Yorker,
29 June 2026
But those first few crops of kids exceeded expectations in their 2-year-old seasons, and so owners started bringing him higher-class mares.
—
Graham Cornwell,
New York Times,
19 June 2026
Music is one way the mares, part of Nodiff-Netanel’s nonprofit called Mini Therapy Horses, comfort people, especially hospital patients, in Southern California.
—
Kyle Melnick,
Washington Post,
9 May 2026
The day before the Kentucky Derby each year is known as Ladies’ Day, with several stakes races for fillies and mares, highlighted by the Kentucky Oaks.
—
Jay Posner,
Los Angeles Times,
2 May 2026
The royal also got to see some breeding mares and foals up close, gently petting some horses and feeding one a carrot.
—
Helen Murphy,
PEOPLE,
30 Apr. 2026
Pearl Is a Tiny, Piano-Playing Sensation Black Pearl — Pearl, to her fans — is one of nine mares on the Mini Therapy Horses team, a nonprofit based in California’s Santa Monica Mountains.
—
Hanna Wickes,
Kansas City Star,
16 Apr. 2026
The organization sends its team of nine mares to support hospital patients, first responders and schoolchildren through animal visits.
—
Hanna Wickes,
Miami Herald,
16 Apr. 2026
The Organization Behind the Curtain Black Pearl is one of nine mares making up Mini Therapy Horses’ team, a nonprofit based in California’s Santa Monica Mountains led by Victoria Nodiff Netanel.
—
Hanna Wickes,
Sacbee.com,
16 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mares
Noun
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Among Spendthrift’s many quality stallions, Into Mischief exercises a kind of casual dominance around the barn.
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According to experts, stallions are known to engage in fierce, sudden battles, which is one reason North Carolina law prohibits anyone from coming within 50 feet of the horses.
Noun
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Laurel Park The 2026 Preakness run at Laurel Park is now in the books and Winner Napoleon Solo has placed himself in the conversation as one of the top three-year-old colts in the country.
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The Preakness features a venue change to a 115-year-old track that has never hosted the event, a field of some of the best 3-year-old colts in the country and a couple of chances to make horse racing history.
Noun
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This day in sports history 1946 — Two-year-old fillies Chakoora and Uleta become the first thoroughbreds to complete a transcontinental flight.
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The race is a prelude to the Preakness, featuring 3-year-old fillies (female race horses).
Noun
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Undomesticated equines could not stop it from happening.
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While filming the 2015 miniseries Texas Rising in Mexico, Fraser noticed a horse being picked on by other equines.
Noun
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Here, such extended sequences of cowboys steering their steeds and working their land feel rushed.
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Those 6 and older are allowed to ride their gentle steeds solo, and a short lesson is included.
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“Mares.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mares. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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