mule

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Recent Examples of mule For some extra height and to elongate the look of my legs, the Riva mules were the perfect shoe. Madeline Fass, Vogue, 11 Apr. 2025 Some mail carriers even still use mules or horses to deliver to Supai, Arizona, a remote Havasupai tribal village in the Grand Canyon of Arizona, or float planes to serve fishing villages off the Alaskan coast. Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 7 Apr. 2025 Near the big red barn and stables, toddlers were perched on a fence, petting mules. Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 6 Apr. 2025 Feminine slides, mules and wedges, especially in patent or velvet, felt fresh. Sandra Salibian, WWD, 17 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for mule
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mule
Noun
  • Be assertive if a coyote nears, N.C. wildlife officers advise.
    Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 12 Apr. 2025
  • After Tommy has witnessed a murder, a coyote stops and stares at him, reflecting his internal turmoil.
    Fred Topel, Deadline, 5 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The only other research dog breeder according to current USDA inventories is Oak Hill Genetics based in Franklin County in Illinois, which housed about 800 mongrel hound dogs in July.
    ByMeredith Wadman, science.org, 28 Oct. 2024
  • To continue playing the songs without that mongrel soul is just cash register stuff.
    Matt Thompson, SPIN, 9 Jan. 2024
Noun
  • The Desert Inn dominated a desolate place that used to be called Jackass Junction, for the donkeys that once crossed the road.
    Jeff Kleinman, Miami Herald, 1 Apr. 2025
  • Now, the couple lives with two dogs, a cat, five ostriches and three mini donkeys on their small farm with Weave hanging out with them as much as possible.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • This hybrid of The Wizard of Oz and The Lord of the Rings expands a digital game board into a hallucinogenic place where everything — including inhabitants — is cubic, angular but soft.
    Armond White, National Review, 16 Apr. 2025
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    Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 16 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Here are the most common turkey sounds that gobblers, hens, jakes, and jennies make.
    Josh Honeycutt, Outdoor Life, 2 May 2024
  • Loughlin, who has posted consistent results all summer racing a 10-year-old jenny named Mary Margaret, was fortunate to have Hal Walter, a seven-time pack burro racing world champion, take her under his wing and share plenty of the tricks of the trade through the years.
    Brian Metzler, Outside Online, 16 Aug. 2022
Noun
  • 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
Noun
  • Zoom in: High school junior Jett Hale, from Miami, Texas, fetched the reserve record with his steer, Mike, a stunning charolais crossbreed.
    Jay R. Jordan, Axios, 24 Mar. 2025
  • By selecting various friends in her wanderings, Sophie’s mom had spawned not just one sort of crossbreed, but several in that same litter.
    Charles Hammer, Kansas City Star, 26 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Season 8’s unapologetic iconoclast Acid Betty returns to the competition to kick ass and take names.
    Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 23 Apr. 2025
  • Season eight’s unapologetic iconoclast, Acid Betty, returns to the competition to kick ass and take names.
    Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 23 Apr. 2025

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“Mule.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mule. Accessed 29 Apr. 2025.

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