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Recent Examples of foal
In the early 1950s, a foal born in Kentucky was declared lifeless after a traumatic birth.
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Lela London, Forbes.com, 24 June 2025
In the third period with game seemingly out of reach and in desperate need of a flurry of foals, Edmonton made a strategic decision to pull its goalie with more than six minutes remaining in the game.
—Kevin Dotson, CNN Money, 17 June 2025
The foal was taken to park headquarters, where Stuska assessed it and consulted the foundation’s veterinarian.
—Brooke Baitinger, Miami Herald, 27 May 2025
Budweiser Budweiser's famed Clydesdales are back with an ode to their commitment to deliver their suds no matter the obstacles, using a young foal as their foil.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 30 Jan. 2025
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Lela London, Forbes.com, 24 June 2025
In the third period with game seemingly out of reach and in desperate need of a flurry of foals, Edmonton made a strategic decision to pull its goalie with more than six minutes remaining in the game.
—Kevin Dotson, CNN Money, 17 June 2025
The foal was taken to park headquarters, where Stuska assessed it and consulted the foundation’s veterinarian.
—Brooke Baitinger, Miami Herald, 27 May 2025
Budweiser Budweiser's famed Clydesdales are back with an ode to their commitment to deliver their suds no matter the obstacles, using a young foal as their foil.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 30 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for foal
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All five were of the same mare, shot between the 1860s and 1870s in the Zoological Society of London’s Zoo — making her both the first and last quagga ever photographed.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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This is the epitome of mare e montagna (mountain and sea).—
Erica Firpo,
AFAR Media,
8 Sep. 2025
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The colt doesn’t know the racetrack he was bred for – the pride of Ruidoso – lies in ruins for the second year running, gutted by floodwaters that turned familiar dirt into a sucking bog of mud.—
Alaa Elassar,
CNN Money,
1 Oct. 2025
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The Del Mar Futurity, at 7 furlongs, also revolves around Baffert, whose colts have won the past four runnings and 18 of the past 29, dominance that began with Silver Charm winning the Futurity in a mild upset to jumpstart his journey to victory in the 1997 Kentucky Derby.—
Kevin Modesti,
Oc Register,
4 Sep. 2025
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Following last season’s reunion-spoiling revelations about his father (ex-CIA operative Frank Harkness) and his father’s past (raising children to be super-soldiers), the galloping young stallion (played by Jack Lowden) hasn’t been able to screw his head on straight.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
24 Sep. 2025
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As Extinct Animals notes, one such attempt was quashed when a lone stallion killed itself after losing its temper and bashing its own head into a wall.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 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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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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The other is the John C. Mabee Stakes for fillies and mares on turf, which drew a competitive field Saturday.—
Kevin Modesti,
Oc Register,
4 Sep. 2025
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Standing inside trailers in Miami’s gridlock traffic is a stressful experience for horses, according to Suarez, who runs an equine structural integration therapy and rehabilitation business called Equi-Trust.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
30 Sep. 2025
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Proceeds support the equine therapy programs.—
Ut Community Press,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
23 Sep. 2025
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“Foal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/foal. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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