dobbins

Definition of dobbinsnext
plural of dobbin

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for dobbins
Noun
  • From one end skates Wisconsin, racking up upsets and scoring in flurries.
    Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2026
  • The Sharks have even seen bigger crowds for their practices and morning skates at Sharks Ice.
    Curtis Pashelka, Mercury News, 11 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Warhorses charge, lances down, crashing through the tilts as lances break on shields and men topple from their steeds.
    Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 26 Jan. 2026
  • But Thornton has just led me out the backdoor and uphill into an outdoor oasis big enough for a couple of steeds to still be hiding in the foliage.
    Culture Critic, San Francisco Chronicle, 17 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • And, to this day, they are meticulously trained from colts to perform spectacular feats of dressage, including some who can lift their front legs and seem to prance off the ground.
    Marla Jo Fisher, Oc Register, 18 Feb. 2026
  • The latter was shipped to the Indianapolis Colts in a deal that brought New York two first-round picks and wide receiver AD Mitchell, whom the colts drafted in the second round in 2024.
    Andrew McCarty, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • That means many rules of the road for cars also apply to equines.
    Nick Sullivan April 9, Charlotte Observer, 9 Apr. 2026
  • American farms employed 26,493,000 equines in 1915.
    Annie Lowrey, The Atlantic, 25 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Microsoft has also tried to upsell its OneDrive cloud storage with constant nags in Windows 11.
    Tom Warren, The Verge, 29 Jan. 2026
  • Meanwhile, Microsoft is upping the pressure on users to move to Windows 11, with new nags that seemingly won’t stop.
    Zak Doffman, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Pearl Is a Tiny, Piano-Playing Sensation Black Pearl — Pearl, to her fans — is one of nine mares on the Mini Therapy Horses team, a nonprofit based in California’s Santa Monica Mountains.
    Hanna Wickes, Kansas City Star, 16 Apr. 2026
  • The organization sends its team of nine mares to support hospital patients, first responders and schoolchildren through animal visits.
    Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 16 Apr. 2026
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“Dobbins.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dobbins. Accessed 20 Apr. 2026.

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