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High upon the peak of an old, weathered cabin perched a brown and white billy goat.
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arkansasonline.com, 6 July 2025
In a slow-building gag, Alison eventually discovers that an un-neutered billy goat has been swinging his way through the herd, leaving Alison with a rash of unplanned goat pregnancies.
—Andrea Long Chu, Vulture, 16 June 2025
Affectionately called Billy by concerned community members, the billy goat was corralled at a home on Montclair Road, not far from where he was first spotted on the loose around 8:30 a.m. Monday.
—Howard Koplowitz | Hkoplowitz@al.com, al, 20 July 2023
Meanwhile, Sarabia scoops up a baby billy goat and cradles him in his arms.
—Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2023
The Witch isn’t about a billy goat acquiring souls for devil butter, but instead family dynamics, the pressures of having kids.
—Will Bedingfield, WIRED, 22 Dec. 2022
Fragile, birdlike, translucent and with a cry like a billy goat.
—Tracy Grant, Washington Post, 26 Oct. 2021
The Cubs finally ceded to the curse when the streak reached 12 games, letting Ernie Banks lead a billy goat around the outfield before a game against the Reds.
—Paul Sullivan, chicagotribune.com, 20 Aug. 2021
The square is also scattered with sculptures, including a two-foot-tall bronze billy goat, to admire on a post-lunch stroll of your own.
—Grace Dickinson, Philly.com, 3 May 2018
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arkansasonline.com, 6 July 2025
In a slow-building gag, Alison eventually discovers that an un-neutered billy goat has been swinging his way through the herd, leaving Alison with a rash of unplanned goat pregnancies.
—Andrea Long Chu, Vulture, 16 June 2025
Affectionately called Billy by concerned community members, the billy goat was corralled at a home on Montclair Road, not far from where he was first spotted on the loose around 8:30 a.m. Monday.
—Howard Koplowitz | Hkoplowitz@al.com, al, 20 July 2023
Meanwhile, Sarabia scoops up a baby billy goat and cradles him in his arms.
—Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2023
The Witch isn’t about a billy goat acquiring souls for devil butter, but instead family dynamics, the pressures of having kids.
—Will Bedingfield, WIRED, 22 Dec. 2022
Fragile, birdlike, translucent and with a cry like a billy goat.
—Tracy Grant, Washington Post, 26 Oct. 2021
The Cubs finally ceded to the curse when the streak reached 12 games, letting Ernie Banks lead a billy goat around the outfield before a game against the Reds.
—Paul Sullivan, chicagotribune.com, 20 Aug. 2021
The square is also scattered with sculptures, including a two-foot-tall bronze billy goat, to admire on a post-lunch stroll of your own.
—Grace Dickinson, Philly.com, 3 May 2018
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“Billy goat.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/billy%20goat. Accessed 26 Jul. 2025.
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