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an adult female horse
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Recent Examples of mare
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.
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Hanna Wickes, Kansas City Star, 16 Apr. 2026
The Organization Behind the Curtain Black Pearl is one of nine mares making up Mini Therapy Horses’ team, a nonprofit based in California’s Santa Monica Mountains led by Victoria Nodiff Netanel.
—Hanna Wickes, Sacbee.com, 16 Apr. 2026
The small mare at the very centre of the moon is known, fittingly, as Sinus Medii, the Bay of the Center, while the 150-mile-wide (242-kilometer) expanse of Mare Vaporum (the Sea of Vapors) is visible 15 degrees directly above it, with the large Manilius Crater on its eastern border.
—Anthony Wood, Space.com, 1 Apr. 2026
Of the pastas, the ravioli (stuffed with spinach and ricotta and served in a light brown butter sage sauce) and the spaghetti di frutti di mare are complete standouts.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Mar. 2026
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Hanna Wickes, Kansas City Star, 16 Apr. 2026
The Organization Behind the Curtain Black Pearl is one of nine mares making up Mini Therapy Horses’ team, a nonprofit based in California’s Santa Monica Mountains led by Victoria Nodiff Netanel.
—Hanna Wickes, Sacbee.com, 16 Apr. 2026
The small mare at the very centre of the moon is known, fittingly, as Sinus Medii, the Bay of the Center, while the 150-mile-wide (242-kilometer) expanse of Mare Vaporum (the Sea of Vapors) is visible 15 degrees directly above it, with the large Manilius Crater on its eastern border.
—Anthony Wood, Space.com, 1 Apr. 2026
Of the pastas, the ravioli (stuffed with spinach and ricotta and served in a light brown butter sage sauce) and the spaghetti di frutti di mare are complete standouts.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mare
Noun
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Grafting — the process of introducing a mare to a foal that isn’t her own — can be unpredictable and doesn’t always succeed.—
Ryan Brennan,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
23 Apr. 2026
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At Never Dull Farm in Alberta, one mare lost her foal just as another newborn colt lost his mother.—
Ryan Brennan
April 23,
Miami Herald,
23 Apr. 2026
Noun
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No curtains blowing in the wind and white stallions.—
Matt Thompson,
SPIN,
4 May 2026
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Mark Toothaker, a stallion sales manager for Spendthrift Farm in Lexington, Kentucky, was on the couch cracking up with his wife, Malory, about the whiffed field goal and consequential turnover.—
Kelly O'Grady,
CBS News,
3 May 2026
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Great White’s trainer, John Ennis, confirmed to The Associated Press that the big gray gelding and jockey Alex Achard were fine.—
Stephen Whyno,
The Orlando Sentinel,
3 May 2026
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Great White’s trainer, John Ennis, confirmed to the Associated Press that the big gray gelding and jockey Alex Achard were fine.—
Stephen Whyno,
Chicago Tribune,
2 May 2026
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The stranger had a local colt that had lost his mom to birth complications.—
Ryan Brennan
April 23,
Charlotte Observer,
23 Apr. 2026
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Nearby, a newborn colt had lost his mother to complications during birth.—
Ryan Brennan,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
23 Apr. 2026
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Always a Runner won the 152nd edition of the Kentucky Oaks on Friday night, the first time the race for top 3-year-old fillies has been run under the lights in prime time at Churchill Downs.—
Stephen Whyno,
Chicago Tribune,
2 May 2026
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The day before the Kentucky Derby each year is known as Ladies’ Day, with several stakes races for fillies and mares, highlighted by the Kentucky Oaks.—
Jay Posner,
Los Angeles Times,
2 May 2026
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The authors’ primary evidence of harm is from the 2002 WHI study, which studied conjugated equine estrogen and synthetic progestin in women averaging 63 years old, more than a decade past menopause.—
Torie Bosch,
STAT,
2 May 2026
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But according to master distiller Elizabeth McCall, who counts herself as a horse lover, Kentucky’s water is also crucial to its equine industry.—
Jonah Flicker,
Robb Report,
29 Apr. 2026
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Officer Kyle McLaughlin, patrolling the Upper West Side on his steed Kelly, was alerted by a victim’s screams and immediately galloped into action.—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
19 Apr. 2026
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Those 6 and older are allowed to ride their gentle steeds solo, and a short lesson is included.—
Betsy Cribb Watson,
Southern Living,
19 Apr. 2026
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“Mare.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mare. Accessed 13 May. 2026.
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