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Recent Examples of burro
And more than 70,000 wild horses and burros now compete with livestock for forage.
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Mark Olalde, ProPublica, 2 Dec. 2025
Saguaro cactuses are a keystone species in the Sonoran desert, but are facing new threats, such as rising temperatures, drought and even predators, like wild burros, that eat nearby shade plants.
—John Leos, AZCentral.com, 10 Nov. 2025
Most of the public-land horses and burros that do get legally removed end up in federal holding facilities, which are now overcrowded because the government can’t give the animals away fast enough.
—Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 31 July 2025
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Mark Olalde, ProPublica, 2 Dec. 2025
Saguaro cactuses are a keystone species in the Sonoran desert, but are facing new threats, such as rising temperatures, drought and even predators, like wild burros, that eat nearby shade plants.
—John Leos, AZCentral.com, 10 Nov. 2025
Most of the public-land horses and burros that do get legally removed end up in federal holding facilities, which are now overcrowded because the government can’t give the animals away fast enough.
—Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 31 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for burro
Noun
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Visitors can attend shows for cattle, swine, goats, sheep, horses, donkeys and poultry.—
Brayden Garcia
January 8,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
8 Jan. 2026
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The few visible trails had been kept open by the passage of wild donkeys descended from colonial-era pack animals.—
Henry Wismayer,
Travel + Leisure,
7 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Nike’s Mind franchise, featuring a mule and a sneaker with calm-inducing nodes, has come out of the gate hot by selling out wherever it’s been offered.—
Ian Servantes,
Footwear News,
12 Jan. 2026
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The two-floor restaurant is centrally located on East Washington Street, and its drink menu includes seasonal cocktails, frosé, a house punch, and a house mule.—
Lydia Mansel,
Travel + Leisure,
10 Jan. 2026
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“Burro.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/burro. Accessed 22 Jan. 2026.
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