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an adult female horse
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Recent Examples of mare
That mare has paid her way many times, packing elk quarters out to the nearest jeep road.
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Fred C. Mercer, Outdoor Life, 14 Aug. 2025
The horse — a 16-year-old mare named Gizmo — was hit by the car around 9 p.m. on Bayberry Drive within the developed zone.
—Brendan Nordstrom, Baltimore Sun, 4 Aug. 2025
Each of the mare visible today were created billions of years ago, when lava flows filled the network of lunar craters carved out by powerful asteroid strikes.
—Anthony Wood, Space.com, 2 Aug. 2025
The mare was persnickety sometimes, but her offspring always steadied her.
—Louise Erdrich, New Yorker, 25 May 2025
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Fred C. Mercer, Outdoor Life, 14 Aug. 2025
The horse — a 16-year-old mare named Gizmo — was hit by the car around 9 p.m. on Bayberry Drive within the developed zone.
—Brendan Nordstrom, Baltimore Sun, 4 Aug. 2025
Each of the mare visible today were created billions of years ago, when lava flows filled the network of lunar craters carved out by powerful asteroid strikes.
—Anthony Wood, Space.com, 2 Aug. 2025
The mare was persnickety sometimes, but her offspring always steadied her.
—Louise Erdrich, New Yorker, 25 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mare
Noun
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Horses — selectively bred by humans over millennia — lack this response and will just keep pumping out foals.—
Dac Collins,
Outdoor Life,
31 July 2025
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The first foal to reach the shore receives a special title—either King or Queen Neptune, depending on its gender—and is given away via a raffle.—
Jennifer Prince,
Southern Living,
4 July 2025
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On occasion, Andrea has been known to ride his favorite black stallion down the streets of the town, much to the surprise of the visitors.—
Jim Dobson,
Forbes.com,
3 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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Crossing the finish line at odds of 18-1, this seven-year-old gelding shook up the world in more ways than one.—
Danny Brewer,
Forbes.com,
29 July 2025
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However, the 7-year-old gelding has won the track’s top summer grass race for older horses – the Grade II Del Mar Handicap – three straight years.—
Bill Center,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
27 July 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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Monday’s special Labor Day card features two $100,000, dirt stakes races — the one-mile Tranquility Lakes for older fillies and mares and the Generous Portion, a 5½-furlong sprint for Cal-bred 2-year-old fillies.—
Bill Center,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
1 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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Much like her idol Marlene Dietrich, Novak walked away from the business under her own steam, and has largely kept to herself, marrying an equine veterinarian and busying herself raising horses and painting.—
Mike Fleming Jr,
Deadline,
31 Aug. 2025
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Yes, equine therapy is billable.—
Teri Sforza,
Oc Register,
29 Aug. 2025
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Ford managed to stay on the steed for just a few seconds, before he was flung off the horse and landed on his back in the dirt.—
Jon-Michael Banks,
Kansas City Star,
31 July 2025
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Groups like Happy Trails Walking Horses and Amelia Island Horseback Riding are more than happy to set you up with a stunning steed.—
Tara Massouleh McCay,
Southern Living,
27 July 2025
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“Mare.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mare. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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