ass

as in donkey
a sturdy and patient domestic mammal that is used especially to carry things the farm kept a few asses for hauling hay in and out of the field

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Recent Examples of ass The Power franchise knows how to write bad ass female characters. Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 16 May 2025 The warm moment is interrupted, though, by Seth being a drunk and homophobic ass. Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 18 May 2025 Her mother stalked the perimeter of the grave, faced with a philosophical question: how to take pictures of the ass of a ghost. Patricia Lockwood, New Yorker, 18 May 2025 The philanthropic work of Mitchell’s foundation may seem at odds with her bad ass, chain smoking, athletic, wiry-thin Chicago persona. Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 8 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for ass
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donkey
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  • On Friday, an NBC News team in Gaza captured people moving in search of safety, some driving in battered trucks and others using carts pulled by donkeys, while others fled on foot.
    Freddie Clayton, NBC news, 17 May 2025
  • Every sunrise, the tourists hear the donkeys slowly return to the campsite from overnight in a pasture as well as the beautiful singing of Muslim prayers by the Touaregs.
    Angela Dansby, CNN Money, 14 May 2025

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“Ass.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ass. Accessed 5 Jun. 2025.

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