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Recent Examples of foal
Camy, having just lost her own foal, could potentially step in.
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Ryan Brennan,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
23 Apr. 2026
For a small breeding operation, losing a foal represents not just heartbreak, but months — sometimes years — of planning and investment.
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Ryan Brennan
april 23,
Miami Herald,
23 Apr. 2026
The ad follows a Clydesdale foal that forms a friendship with a young bird.
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Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
30 Jan. 2026
In a lighter moment near the commercial’s end, two farmers – who had witnessed the foal and eaglet’s bonding and adventures over the years – take in the sight while enjoying a Budweiser.
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Gary T. Mills,
Florida Times-Union,
26 Jan. 2026
See All Example Sentences for foal
Ryan Brennan,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
23 Apr. 2026
For a small breeding operation, losing a foal represents not just heartbreak, but months — sometimes years — of planning and investment.
—
Ryan Brennan
april 23,
Miami Herald,
23 Apr. 2026
The ad follows a Clydesdale foal that forms a friendship with a young bird.
—
Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
30 Jan. 2026
In a lighter moment near the commercial’s end, two farmers – who had witnessed the foal and eaglet’s bonding and adventures over the years – take in the sight while enjoying a Budweiser.
—
Gary T. Mills,
Florida Times-Union,
26 Jan. 2026
See All Example Sentences for foal
Recent Examples of Synonyms for foal
Noun
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One that began with a pregnant mare shot and abandoned in a field, barely alive.
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First, find all your ilmenite-rich regions (which are typically in lunar mare, the dark patches on the moon that signify frozen seas of ancient lava).
Noun
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Booted home a length and a quarter to the good by jockey Paco Lopez, this Chad Summers trained gray colt was no doubt the best on Maryland’s biggest day of racing.
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The Preakness features a venue change to a 115-year-old track that has never hosted the event, a field of some of the best 3-year-old colts in the country and a couple of chances to make horse racing history.
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In the world of thoroughbred racing, stallions reign supreme, as owners and leading farms try to create champion sire lines that can sustain a breeding enterprise for decades.
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According to experts, stallions are known to engage in fierce, sudden battles, which is one reason North Carolina law prohibits anyone from coming within 50 feet of the horses.
Noun
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My husband Louis and I looked up and saw Dick, a 1,500-pound bay gelding, pause on the skyline and calmly survey the mad scramble of men and horses below him.
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Deniz, a 16-year-old gelding, died on June 9.
Noun
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This day in sports history 1946 — Two-year-old fillies Chakoora and Uleta become the first thoroughbreds to complete a transcontinental flight.
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The race is a prelude to the Preakness, featuring 3-year-old fillies (female race horses).
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The white equine with a red cape originated as a centaur who was transformed into a full horse and given enhanced abilities through witchy ways.
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The horse park has also started Specialized equine therapy for veterans.
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“Foal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/foal. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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