as in stallion
a large hoofed domestic animal that is used for carrying or drawing loads and for riding
the mounted police stable their horses in the city park
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Recent Examples of horse
Cobblestone in a carriage horse and buggy.
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Marley Gotterer, Them., 18 Sep. 2025
Young Fred and his sister were cutting hay to prepare a mixture of horse feed.
—Clare Conley, Outdoor Life, 18 Sep. 2025
There is also an apocryphal tale of a state visit in which, during an open-top carriage procession, the queen apologized to her guest after one of her horses broke wind loudly.
—Ian King, CNBC, 17 Sep. 2025
But the latter adds a whole 14 horses more to that power output – a number instrumental to what the new Diavel can achieve now.
—New Atlas, 17 Sep. 2025
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Marley Gotterer, Them., 18 Sep. 2025
Young Fred and his sister were cutting hay to prepare a mixture of horse feed.
—Clare Conley, Outdoor Life, 18 Sep. 2025
There is also an apocryphal tale of a state visit in which, during an open-top carriage procession, the queen apologized to her guest after one of her horses broke wind loudly.
—Ian King, CNBC, 17 Sep. 2025
But the latter adds a whole 14 horses more to that power output – a number instrumental to what the new Diavel can achieve now.
—New Atlas, 17 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for horse
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As Extinct Animals notes, one such attempt was quashed when a lone stallion killed itself after losing its temper and bashing its own head into a wall.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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The camel can travel incredibly far on minimal resources, survive under the harshest conditions, and, when needed, run surprisingly fast - in the long run even outpacing the finest racehorse.—
Francois Botha,
Forbes.com,
7 Sep. 2025
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To watch Marvin Mims Jr. glide, his trainer Margin Hooks suggests, is to watch a racehorse.—
Luca Evans,
Denver Post,
3 Sep. 2025
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The 10-year project will add a new education pavilion, equine hospital, cancer center, spay-neuter clinic, raptor center and a primary care hospital — facilities that will allow the school to expand its class size from 600 to 800 students, UC Davis officials said.—
Cathie Anderson,
Sacbee.com,
20 Sep. 2025
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At a quarter to nine, music blasted, and Alex Consani, a slim blond model known for her equine stomp, walked out of one of 30 Rock’s revolving doors.—
Ana Karina Zatarain,
New Yorker,
19 Sep. 2025
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Ride bareback on a steed into the Indian Ocean with the popular Swimming with Horses activity, try healing equine therapy with the gentle creatures or partake in yoga, massage or reiki that all involve horses.—
Jennifer Kester,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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But for all its stylistic brio and an overall mesmerizing look, in which even throwaway visuals (like the icy corpse of a solider frozen to his battlefield steed) sear themselves into your memory, Frankenstein remains the simple, direct story of a man and his nonbiological offspring.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
9 Sep. 2025
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“Horse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/horse. Accessed 23 Sep. 2025.
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