mule

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Recent Examples of mule Up top, the Air Jordan Loafer Mule keeps things relatively traditional with a shiny black leather upper fashioned in the silhouette of a loafer with the backless opening of a mule. Riley Jones, Footwear News, 5 June 2025 The pisco offerings, ranging from a pisco mule to an algarrobina (similar to eggnog but with pisco and Peruvian carob), are the most popular orders. Jennifer Kester, Forbes.com, 2 June 2025 The parade features dozens of armored combat vehicles, helicopters, vintage warplanes, thousands of soldiers in uniforms from the Revolutionary War to the present, horses, two mules and a dog. Tom Vanden Brook, USA Today, 13 June 2025 And pay special attention to those Franco Sarto mules, which are a steep 30% off despite being spotted on Katie Holmes earlier this spring. Jake Henry Smith, Glamour, 11 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for mule
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mule
Noun
  • People and domestic animals should always avoid physical contact with wild animals such as raccoons, bats, foxes, skunks, otters, bobcats, coyotes, which carry a higher risk of human exposure and a need for rabies post-exposure treatment.
    Orlando Sentinel Staff, The Orlando Sentinel, 12 June 2025
  • Regular visitors to the ranch: coyotes, elk, foxes, crows and hawks, and once, a wolf.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 11 June 2025
Noun
  • Infamously, Brazil suffered from the mongrel complex in the past and a new psychological barrier awaits at the 2026 World Cup when playing European teams.
    Samindra Kunti, Forbes.com, 13 May 2025
  • The only other research dog breeder according to current USDA inventories is Oak Hill Genetics based in Franklin County in Illinois, which housed about 800 mongrel hound dogs in July.
    ByMeredith Wadman, science.org, 28 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • From Chris Pratt's full working farm in Washington state to Amanda Seyfried's upstate New York escape surrounded by donkeys, horses and a bearded dragon, see all the celebrities who enjoy the affection — and the eggs!
    Grace Gavilanes, People.com, 18 June 2025
  • Raymond and her husband bought the land three decades ago to run a hobby farm, raising miniature donkeys, goats, chickens, horses, ducks and ponies.
    Joseph States, Chicago Tribune, 17 June 2025
Noun
  • These hybrids were created by Toichi Itoh in Japan 80 years ago by crossing tree peonies with herbaceous peonies.
    Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 28 June 2025
  • For entry-level employees, those numbers drop to 18% hybrid and 10% remote.
    Caroline Castrillon, Forbes.com, 27 June 2025
Noun
  • Here are the most common turkey sounds that gobblers, hens, jakes, and jennies make.
    Josh Honeycutt, Outdoor Life, 2 May 2024
  • Loughlin, who has posted consistent results all summer racing a 10-year-old jenny named Mary Margaret, was fortunate to have Hal Walter, a seven-time pack burro racing world champion, take her under his wing and share plenty of the tricks of the trade through the years.
    Brian Metzler, Outside Online, 16 Aug. 2022
Noun
  • The number of wild burros roaming pine forests and sagebrush fields has grown in recent years, with experts worried that the miniature beasts of burden could overwhelm rare and endangered species of plants.
    Annie Goodykoontz, Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2025
  • HMAs are designated areas where the BLM tries to manage a sustainable number of horses and burros while keeping rangelands healthy for other uses, like recreation and grazing.
    Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 2 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Without using wheat, rye, barley, couscous, bulgur, and other crossbreeds of those grains, gluten-free pasta can be made from brown rice, white rice, corn, legumes, quinoa, edamame, lentils, or beans.
    BestReviews, Chicago Tribune, 18 June 2025
  • The goldendoodle named Bruno is crossbreed of a golden retriever and a poodle, and is known to have unique fur—loose curls and sometimes shaggy.
    Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 June 2025
Noun
  • But when the bell rang, Boogie Woogie would kick your ass.
    Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 22 June 2025
  • Has obvious talent, works his ass off and most importantly has fight.
    Paul Tenorio, New York Times, 18 June 2025

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