horseman

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Recent Examples of horseman The idea took on fresh urgency when the six cofounders learned that their horseman’s wife had suffered life-threatening altitude sickness while harvesting cordyceps—despite living above 12,500 feet her entire life. Erin Levi, Time, 12 Mar. 2026 As foretold in the indie-rock book of Revelations, the fourth horseman from Animal Collective is finally releasing his debut solo album. Dan Reilly, Vulture, 30 Dec. 2025 The entries this year range from a photograph of a horseman at sunset in Turkey, spotted between large rocks that appeared to form a natural stage, to a bird's-eye view of thousands gathering at the Ganges River in India to celebrate the body of water as a source of life. NPR, 27 Oct. 2025 Instead, their only aim is to protect themselves, which is precisely how the second horseman arrives. Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for horseman
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Noun
  • President Donald Trump has appointed a Texas cattleman to help lead the nation's New World screwworm response as the threat continues to spread, with Texas confirming four cases and New Mexico reporting its first.
    Mateo Rosiles, USA Today, 9 June 2026
  • The establishment celebrates its nearly 70 years of Vegas connections, from Mafia chieftains (The Mob Room dining space) to Elvis to the Rat Pack to gamblers and cattlemen.
    Steve Forbes, Forbes.com, 29 May 2026
Noun
  • Her original book of photography, Frontier, saw Krantz travel across the Americas, including the United States, to visually capture the North American cowboy, the Central American vaquero and the South American gaucho.
    Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 21 May 2026
  • The charro is far from a modest vaquero, but a venerable caballero (gentleman) who has mastered the wrangling artistry of the frontier.
    Foreign Correspondent, Los Angeles Times, 23 Feb. 2026

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“Horseman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/horseman. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.

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