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Recent Examples of foal
Horses — selectively bred by humans over millennia — lack this response and will just keep pumping out foals.
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Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 31 July 2025
Puff and the new addition were transferred to the foal pen, the farm said in a July 17 post.
—Tj MacIas 17, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 July 2025
An endangered wild Asian horse foal is thriving thanks to an unlikely hero.
—Mark Vancleave, Twin Cities, 30 June 2025
In the early 1950s, a foal born in Kentucky was declared lifeless after a traumatic birth.
—Lela London, Forbes.com, 24 June 2025
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Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 31 July 2025
Puff and the new addition were transferred to the foal pen, the farm said in a July 17 post.
—Tj MacIas 17, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 July 2025
An endangered wild Asian horse foal is thriving thanks to an unlikely hero.
—Mark Vancleave, Twin Cities, 30 June 2025
In the early 1950s, a foal born in Kentucky was declared lifeless after a traumatic birth.
—Lela London, Forbes.com, 24 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for foal
Noun
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The 5-year-old mare Esmeray died from an injury suffered in Del Mar’s fifth race Thursday.—
Bill Center,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
3 Nov. 2025
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The $80,000 Swingtime Stakes matches a large field of fillies and mares seeking their first stakes win in 2025.—
Kevin Modesti,
Oc Register,
12 Oct. 2025
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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
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Tom Welling lives the good life on a horse farm in Northern California with his golden retriever Rosey and colt Apollo.—
Brendan Le,
PEOPLE,
4 Nov. 2025
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From that call, Langdale purchased a yearling foal and, unexpectedly, a senior Andalusian stallion trained in the airs above the ground.—
Connie Etemadi,
USA Today,
27 Oct. 2025
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San Francisco’s stallion is the current RB1 of ones in PPR formats, shouldering a tireless 80.8 percent of the team’s opportunity share (25 touches per game).—
Brad Evans,
New York Times,
2 Oct. 2025
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Crossing the finish line at odds of 18-1, this seven-year-old gelding shook up the world in more ways than one.—
Danny Brewer,
Forbes.com,
29 July 2025
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However, the 7-year-old gelding has won the track’s top summer grass race for older horses – the Grade II Del Mar Handicap – three straight years.—
Bill Center,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
27 July 2025
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The $80,000 Swingtime Stakes matches a large field of fillies and mares seeking their first stakes win in 2025.—
Kevin Modesti,
Oc Register,
12 Oct. 2025
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And coupled with Bottle of Rouge’s upset victory Saturday in the Del Mar Debutante – Baffert’s 12th win in the fillies’ 2-year-old championship race – Baffert has now swept the juvenile titles two straight years and eight times since 1996.—
Bill Center,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 Sep. 2025
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But anxiety and confusion are growing among owners of equine businesses in southern Santa Clara County as officials re-examine the type of development and operations allowed in rural and agricultural zoning districts in unincorporated areas.—
Grace Hase,
Mercury News,
29 Oct. 2025
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Samaritan’s Purse also has 11 major construction projects in Israel, including two ambulance response stations, nine community centers with bomb shelters, and an equine therapy center for youth.—
Joe Marusak,
Charlotte Observer,
25 Oct. 2025
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“Foal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/foal. Accessed 16 Nov. 2025.
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