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Recent Examples of burro
Once a gold rush boomtown, Oatman was largely abandoned when the gold miners downed their pickaxes and skipped town—leaving behind a herd of long-eared burros.
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Zoey Goto,
Travel + Leisure,
8 Mar. 2026
The same goes for ground covers like hens and chicks or trailing plants like burro's tail.
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Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
26 Feb. 2026
Until this year Chablé’s programming largely focused on adults but anew farm space presents kid-friendly introductions to farming and gardening and includes a petting zoo with especially social pigs, goats, rabbits, and miniature horses and burros.
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John Newton,
Condé Nast Traveler,
5 Feb. 2026
Here, shabby homes enjoyed grand views, tired burros ambled along untethered, and island life trudged on, oblivious to tourism.
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Rick Steves,
Chicago Tribune,
13 Jan. 2026
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Zoey Goto,
Travel + Leisure,
8 Mar. 2026
The same goes for ground covers like hens and chicks or trailing plants like burro's tail.
—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
26 Feb. 2026
Until this year Chablé’s programming largely focused on adults but anew farm space presents kid-friendly introductions to farming and gardening and includes a petting zoo with especially social pigs, goats, rabbits, and miniature horses and burros.
—
John Newton,
Condé Nast Traveler,
5 Feb. 2026
Here, shabby homes enjoyed grand views, tired burros ambled along untethered, and island life trudged on, oblivious to tourism.
—
Rick Steves,
Chicago Tribune,
13 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for burro
Noun
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Both Bunnie Xo and Jelly Roll have run a massive Tennessee homestead and animal sanctuary, which has included Scottish Highland cows, full-sized and miniature horses, donkeys, pigs, goats, sheep, and chickens.
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So on market days, local Colored laborers would follow in the tradition of the formerly enslaved, riding donkeys, horses, or rowing boats to other parishes where food was in greater supply and available for sale.
Noun
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Visitors can expect to see everything from lupine and mule's ear at lower elevations to Colorado's state flower, the columbine, higher in the mountains.
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That car started its life as a development mule before being refitted for Pikes Peak duty with the mandatory roll cage and fuel cell, which Chevrolet’s engineers opted to mount in the trunk.
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“Burro.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/burro. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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