as in foal
an adult female horse
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Recent Examples of mare
Eastman’s report said the mare died during his initial physical exam.
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David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Feb. 2025
This led to the lunar mare basalt — dark volcanic rock — wrinkling like the skin of a shriveling old apple.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 3 Feb. 2025
Each of the victories during the mare’s winning streak have been close calls, none of them by more than a length.
—Clark Spencer, Miami Herald, 26 Jan. 2025
The 5-year-old mare ran just off the leader and then made her move with about a sixteenth of a mile to go and just got up at the wire.
—John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 25 Jan. 2025
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David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Feb. 2025
This led to the lunar mare basalt — dark volcanic rock — wrinkling like the skin of a shriveling old apple.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 3 Feb. 2025
Each of the victories during the mare’s winning streak have been close calls, none of them by more than a length.
—Clark Spencer, Miami Herald, 26 Jan. 2025
The 5-year-old mare ran just off the leader and then made her move with about a sixteenth of a mile to go and just got up at the wire.
—John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 25 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mare
Noun
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American Promise was a late foal and is just now maturing into the horse to beat for this race, in my opinion.—
Brian Hamilton,
NBC news,
1 May 2025
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In the pasture, the foal bows her knees, testing the earth’s firm handshake, spring’s promise renewed in the stretch of her legs – a motion both fresh and familiar.—
contributing Monitor poets,
Christian Science Monitor,
23 Apr. 2025
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While left alone for an hour, the younger sibling ignored all warnings and put Willow in the stallion's paddock.—
Lydia Patrick,
Newsweek,
18 Mar. 2025
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But even we weren’t prepared for the moment when Lady Jane Grey (Emily Bader) discovers that her handsome new husband, Lord Guildford Dudley (Edward Bluemel), is a stallion.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
4 Dec. 2024
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Averill got started in horse racing the same year that Werth was cashing in on U.S. Jets, partnering on a gelding named Fun n’ Gun that year.—
Dana O'Neil,
New York Times,
2 May 2025
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In this year's Derby, Hernandez will be riding Burnham Square, the bay gelding who won last month's Blue Grass Stakes in Kentucky and Florida's Holy Bull Stakes in February and was given 12-1 odds in the morning line.—
Alex Sundby,
CBS News,
2 May 2025
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Trainer Michael McCarthy was not available to talk to reporters Sunday but praised his colt’s effort to rally into the lead briefly before Sovereignty, the 7-1 third choice, overtook him in the stretch and won by 1 1/2 lengths.—
Gary B. Graves,
Baltimore Sun,
4 May 2025
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The brown colt, a tribute to guitarist Sixto Rodriguez, is trained by Bob Baffert, the sport’s most infamous titan.—
Steven Louis Goldstein,
New York Times,
3 May 2025
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There are two mint julep cups for whiskey fans to purchase, with all proceeds going to benefit Our Mims Retirement Haven, a farm outside of Paris, Kentucky, where fillies and broodmares can spend their golden years (it’s named after 1977 Eclipse Champion 3-Year-Old Filly, Our Mims).—
Jonah Flicker,
Robb Report,
8 Apr. 2025
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This year’s cups are meant to honor a trio of winning fillies: Regret (1915), Genuine Risk (1980), and Winning Colors (1988).—
Jonah Flicker,
Robb Report,
8 Apr. 2025
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These women and their steeds covered hundreds of miles a week, holding packs that held up to 100 books at once.—
Catherine Jessee,
Southern Living,
3 May 2025
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The grave goods suggest the owner felt a very close bond with his steed.—
Sarah Kuta,
Smithsonian Magazine,
1 May 2025
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“Mare.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mare. Accessed 18 May. 2025.
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