mustang

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Recent Examples of mustang The American Eagle campaign, its presentation of Americana as a zombie slop of mustangs, denim, and good genes, is lowest-common-denominator stuff. Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 2 Aug. 2025 In the small town of Jay Em, Wyoming, a nonprofit called Operation Remount Corporation is offering a form of equine therapy that serves not only veterans and first responders, but also the mustangs—many of which come from traumatic backgrounds. Kennedy Hayes, FOXNews.com, 23 May 2025 Wild horses, often called mustangs, are not native to the West and are generally descendants of horses that were released by or escaped from Spanish explorers, ranchers, Native Americans and others. Elise Schmelzer, The Denver Post, 17 Mar. 2025 Consider taking a hike into the area, and be on the lookout for mustangs gathered around watering holes. Lynn O'Rourke Hayes, Boston Herald, 16 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for mustang
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mustang
Noun
  • Emily gets up on the bar to dance with one of the Magic Mikes at the booth, quickly straddling him to ride him like a bucking bronco.
    Peter Larsen, Oc Register, 19 Sep. 2025
  • Of course, a rearing bronco with deep orange eyes is included in the design for these Broncos.
    Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 12 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • In the 1960s, Ford popularized the pony car era by introducing the immensely popular Mustang.
    Michael Teo Van Runkle, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Sammy, with his pony tail and wedge cut, was behind the pill window handing out pill packets.
    Manuel Muñoz, Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • All five were of the same mare, shot between the 1860s and 1870s in the Zoological Society of London’s Zoo — making her both the first and last quagga ever photographed.
    Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
  • This is the epitome of mare e montagna (mountain and sea).
    Erica Firpo, AFAR Media, 8 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Kelly Groenestijn - International Pet Photography Awards 2025 The encounter of two stallions early in the morning on a foggy January day this year gives the image a magical touch.
    Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
  • There are also beautifully observed moments toward the end with Dorotea and Riccardo; and a moving reckoning with death when Mariano’s favorite horse, a stallion named Elvis, is felled by illness and the president refuses to end his suffering by having the animal put to sleep.
    David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 27 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • The Del Mar Futurity, at 7 furlongs, also revolves around Baffert, whose colts have won the past four runnings and 18 of the past 29, dominance that began with Silver Charm winning the Futurity in a mild upset to jumpstart his journey to victory in the 1997 Kentucky Derby.
    Kevin Modesti, Oc Register, 4 Sep. 2025
  • The big colt was runner-up to Skippylongstocking in the G2 Gold Cup at Santa Anita and could factor underneath at a price.
    Jared Welch, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Crossing the finish line at odds of 18-1, this seven-year-old gelding shook up the world in more ways than one.
    Danny Brewer, Forbes.com, 29 July 2025
  • However, the 7-year-old gelding has won the track’s top summer grass race for older horses – the Grade II Del Mar Handicap – three straight years.
    Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 July 2025
Noun
  • Horses — selectively bred by humans over millennia — lack this response and will just keep pumping out foals.
    Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 31 July 2025
  • The first foal to reach the shore receives a special title—either King or Queen Neptune, depending on its gender—and is given away via a raffle.
    Jennifer Prince, Southern Living, 4 July 2025
Noun
  • And coupled with Bottle of Rouge’s upset victory Saturday in the Del Mar Debutante – Baffert’s 12th win in the fillies’ 2-year-old championship race – Baffert has now swept the juvenile titles two straight years and eight times since 1996.
    Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Sep. 2025
  • In 1988 his filly Winning Colors became only the third filly to win the Kentucky Derby.
    Neil Milbert, Chicago Tribune, 29 June 2025

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