racehorse

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Recent Examples of racehorse Kelce also became a minority owner of a racehorse named, wait for it, Swift Delivery. Lisa France, CNN Money, 12 Aug. 2025 The health and safety of racehorses has been a contentious subject for decades, drawing consistent protests at the Del Mar track, including on Saturday. Olivia Petty, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Aug. 2025 The train that rings Vesuvius makes its rounds as racehorses train along the shore. Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 22 July 2025 All 21 horses racing in this year's Kentucky Derby are reportedly descendants of the famed racehorse Secretariat, according to The Courier-Journal in Louisville, Kentucky. Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 3 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for racehorse
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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
  • His sweetbreads in pig trotter ragu evoke his memories of eating pork knuckle at his grandmother’s house.
    Stephanie Breijo, Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2025
  • Use a variety of bones like knuckle bones, pig trotters and chicken feet for a better broth.
    Cody Godwin, USA TODAY, 6 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Crimson Tide Year: 1995 Director: Tony Scott Runtime: 2h 3m Crimson Tide is from a time when Washington was the brash up-and-comer and Gene Hackman was the warhorse veteran.
    Tim Grierson, Vulture, 15 Aug. 2025
  • The Hollywood Reporter’s original review is below: For an old warhorse, Freaky Friday looks darn cute.
    Kirk Honeycutt, HollywoodReporter, 12 July 2025
Noun
  • Osprey Poco Plus Child Carrier for $240 ($80 off) Parent or packhorse?
    Drew Zieff, Outside Online, 16 July 2024
  • In 1811 Charles’s 21-year-old father loaded a white stallion and a packhorse with baskets of Champagne and set off for Moscow, nearly 2,000 miles away.
    Moira Hodgson, WSJ, 30 Dec. 2021
Noun
  • As public and political pressure mounts, schools must decide whether to back their teachers' or professors' right to speak freely or drop staff a couple of months into the school year.
    Cate Charron, IndyStar, 17 Sep. 2025
  • The outsized nature of HALA’s Series B round reflects the company’s desire to continue expanding its range of services and to reach more of the market – and to do so as quickly as possible as competition mounts up.
    David Prosser, Forbes.com, 15 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
  • Along with the thousands of cows, the property is home to 180 bulls, 7,500 yearlings, and 130 saddle horses.
    Tori Latham, Robb Report, 12 Aug. 2025
  • The farm also had saddle horses, a team of Belgian draft horses that helped haul manure and feed, and plenty of chickens that supplied eggs for those big breakfasts every morning (followed by even larger dinners at noon and suppers in the evenings).
    Denise Crosby, Chicago Tribune, 13 Feb. 2025

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“Racehorse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/racehorse. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.

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