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Recent Examples of burro
After decades of neglect, the BLM is starting to address overpopulations of wild horses and burros on its Western rangelands.
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Andrew McKean, Outdoor Life, 19 Sep. 2024
Your second best bet is to stay put and get yourself a burro.
—Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2024
The training runs are also ideal for educating the public about pack burro racing.
—Heather Mundt, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 June 2024
Correspondent Conor Knighton looks at efforts (such as adoption programs for wild and domestic burros) aimed at giving these social animals a better life.
—David Morgan, CBS News, 16 Aug. 2024
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Andrew McKean, Outdoor Life, 19 Sep. 2024
Your second best bet is to stay put and get yourself a burro.
—Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2024
The training runs are also ideal for educating the public about pack burro racing.
—Heather Mundt, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 June 2024
Correspondent Conor Knighton looks at efforts (such as adoption programs for wild and domestic burros) aimed at giving these social animals a better life.
—David Morgan, CBS News, 16 Aug. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for burro
Noun
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Bougainvillea draped over walls and doorways, vehicles and donkey carts filled traffic, busy restaurants lined the river banks.—
Emmanuel Akinwotu,
NPR,
16 May 2025
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Its mechanized forces, central to its strategies for victory, are bleeding out and now include museum-grade military trucks, civilian cars, vans, all-terrain vehicles and motorcycles ... and even donkeys.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Slip it on with sneakers for sightseeing or with classy mules for a night out to get two outfits in one.—
Isis Briones,
Travel + Leisure,
17 May 2025
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Others lead mules to remote trail work sites, literally taking the loads off the backs of other volunteers.—
Grayson Haver Currin,
Outside Online,
12 May 2025
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“Burro.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/burro. Accessed 27 May. 2025.
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