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All-in-all, Bowen Byram is a workhorse who understands how to take advantage of turnovers and shift the pace of play in his favor in all three zones. — Mike Chambers, The Denver Post, "Avalanche draft pick Bo Byram, 18, could make an immediate impact," 30 June 2019 Her workhorse mentality and being a solid defender at that end and a true team player on the offensive end was really great for us. — Glenn Graham, baltimoresun.com, "2018-19 High School Female Athlete of the Year: McDonogh three-sport star Julia Dorsey," 2 July 2019 The workhorse back has become a key part of the team’s passing game over the last two seasons, reeling in 108 of his 149 targets for 966 yards and eight touchdowns. — Michael Beller, SI.com, "Fantasy Football 2019: Six Players Not as Valuable as Their Current Draft Position Indicates," 2 July 2019 This workhorse is decidedly heavier than either of the previous models, but the PowerCore+ 26800 makes up for its weight in a big way. — Julianne Ross, CNN Underscored, "Over 20,000 people love these portable chargers," 2 July 2019 Experts have urged Metro to focus on improving a dozen workhorse bus lines that have accounted for more than one-third of its ridership losses this decade. — Laura J. Nelson, latimes.com, "L.A. is hemorrhaging bus riders — worsening traffic and hurting climate goals," 27 June 2019 Analysts had been voicing concern about the poor early showing for Boeing at the biennial show, the most prestigious in the industry, chalking up the slow deal flow to the woes of its workhorse model, the 737 MAX. — Bernhard Warner, Fortune, "Why This Airline CEO Just Bought 200 Boeing 737 MAX Planes—Despite Recent Issues," 19 June 2019 The Large Area Telescope (LAT), your workhorse instrument, looks out at about a fifth of the night sky at a time and pinpoints a gamma-ray source to an area about the size of a grain of sand held at arm’s length. — Liz Kruesi, National Geographic, "Dear Fermi: What it means to see the universe's extremes," 11 June 2019 MSI GS65 Stealth Thin Ports As a gaming and workhorse laptop, the GS65 brings on the ports. — Gordon Mah Ung, PCWorld, "MSI GS65 Stealth Thin Review: This thin gaming laptop features 9th-gen Core and GTX 1660 Ti," 6 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'workhorse.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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