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Recent Examples of mule
Wind down after a busy week with a creative libation, perhaps a hibiscus velvet mule or a luxe mocktail.
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Mary Lebus, Cincinnati Enquirer, 15 Dec. 2025
My favorite right now is probably a mezcal margarita [made with our] ginger and turmeric mule.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 13 Dec. 2025
Mariposa also has a unique cocktail menu, and wines to pair with the Latin cuisine including a mango chili margarita, and a Bolivian mule.
—Paige Moore, AZCentral.com, 11 Dec. 2025
The first shoe line features styles called Mind 001, a slip-in mule, and Mind 002, a sneaker.
—New Atlas, 27 Oct. 2025
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Mary Lebus, Cincinnati Enquirer, 15 Dec. 2025
My favorite right now is probably a mezcal margarita [made with our] ginger and turmeric mule.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 13 Dec. 2025
Mariposa also has a unique cocktail menu, and wines to pair with the Latin cuisine including a mango chili margarita, and a Bolivian mule.
—Paige Moore, AZCentral.com, 11 Dec. 2025
The first shoe line features styles called Mind 001, a slip-in mule, and Mind 002, a sneaker.
—New Atlas, 27 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mule
Noun
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Just two weeks ago, a coyote apparently swam across the bay to Alcatraz Island.—
Alexei Oreskovic,
Fortune,
28 Jan. 2026
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According to the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks (KDWP), daytime coyote sightings increase January through late March in Kansas, when the species of North American canine hunts for food and searches for a mate.—
Kendrick Calfee
Updated January 22,
Kansas City Star,
22 Jan. 2026
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No army in history seemed ever to have been more ragged and motley and mongrel and polyglot than the Continental, rich and poor, learned and illiterate, from boys to old men, skilled and unskilled, born all over the world, speaking dozens of languages, believing in different gods and in no god.—
Jill Lepore,
New Yorker,
10 Nov. 2025
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Reuters reported that the dog involved in the incident was a mongrel, or an unknown breed.—
Fernando Cervantes Jr,
USA Today,
10 July 2025
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Taylor took over coordinating the draft horse, mule and donkey shows after Dennis, now 82, walked out of the ring for the last time.—
Judith Kohler,
Denver Post,
24 Jan. 2026
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Pricing across segments and over time can feel like trying to pin the tail on a moving donkey.—
Esade Business & Law School,
Forbes.com,
23 Jan. 2026
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At the far end of the spectrum is Ponant’s Le Commandant Charcot, the world’s first hybrid-electric polar icebreaker and the only passenger vessel capable of reaching the geographic North Pole.—
Laura Begley Bloom,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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The Toyota Camry hybrid and the Civic hybrid come in second and third.—
Kristine Lazar,
CBS News,
28 Jan. 2026
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Here are the most common turkey sounds that gobblers, hens, jakes, and jennies make.—
Josh Honeycutt,
Outdoor Life,
2 May 2024
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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
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Here, shabby homes enjoyed grand views, tired burros ambled along untethered, and island life trudged on, oblivious to tourism.—
Rick Steves,
Chicago Tribune,
13 Jan. 2026
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And more than 70,000 wild horses and burros now compete with livestock for forage.—
Mark Olalde,
ProPublica,
2 Dec. 2025
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At the same time, intentional crossbreeds—often marketed as designer dogs such as cockapoos, maltipoos, and doodles—have surged in popularity.—
Lucy Notarantonio,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 Dec. 2025
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These crossbreeds may keep hope alive And while naturally conceived elkhorn and staghorn coral may soon be a thing of the past in Florida, reef restoration groups will keep breeding and replanting them.—
Alex Harris,
Miami Herald,
24 Oct. 2025
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Kick their ass @TeamChevy Sport, with this kind of rivalry, flourishes.—
Luke Smith,
New York Times,
15 Jan. 2026
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This Sydney Sweeney-shaking-her-ass-with-a-tail-on-it moment seems made to be memed.—
Emma Specter,
Vogue,
14 Jan. 2026
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“Mule.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mule. Accessed 30 Jan. 2026.
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