mustang

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Recent Examples of mustang The American Eagle campaign, its presentation of Americana as a zombie slop of mustangs, denim, and good genes, is lowest-common-denominator stuff. Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 2 Aug. 2025 In the small town of Jay Em, Wyoming, a nonprofit called Operation Remount Corporation is offering a form of equine therapy that serves not only veterans and first responders, but also the mustangs—many of which come from traumatic backgrounds. Kennedy Hayes, FOXNews.com, 23 May 2025 Wild horses, often called mustangs, are not native to the West and are generally descendants of horses that were released by or escaped from Spanish explorers, ranchers, Native Americans and others. Elise Schmelzer, The Denver Post, 17 Mar. 2025 Consider taking a hike into the area, and be on the lookout for mustangs gathered around watering holes. Lynn O'Rourke Hayes, Boston Herald, 16 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for mustang
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Noun
  • Get some great photos at the Buckaroo Motel, whose sign depicts a bucking bronco, and the Blue Swallow Motel, a colorful inn offering tours and a gift shop.
    Matt Kirouac, AFAR Media, 31 July 2025
  • There is also the thrill of watching jaw-dropping horsemanship, bull-riding bravery and bucking broncos.
    Michelle Tauber, People.com, 4 July 2025
Noun
  • My youngest son is the most dismayed so far at Sam having to leave his faithful pony companion, Bill, behind at the gates of Moria.
    Adam Verner September 3, Literary Hub, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Beyond the ponies, travelers can enjoy fishing, kayaking, endless beaches, bird watching, and more.
    Opheli Garcia Lawler, Travel + Leisure, 26 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Monday’s special Labor Day card features two $100,000, dirt stakes races — the one-mile Tranquility Lakes for older fillies and mares and the Generous Portion, a 5½-furlong sprint for Cal-bred 2-year-old fillies.
    Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Sep. 2025
  • And Lilly is the kindest mare ever.
    Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • On occasion, Andrea has been known to ride his favorite black stallion down the streets of the town, much to the surprise of the visitors.
    Jim Dobson, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • There are also beautifully observed moments toward the end with Dorotea and Riccardo; and a moving reckoning with death when Mariano’s favorite horse, a stallion named Elvis, is felled by illness and the president refuses to end his suffering by having the animal put to sleep.
    David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 27 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • The Del Mar Futurity, at 7 furlongs, also revolves around Baffert, whose colts have won the past four runnings and 18 of the past 29, dominance that began with Silver Charm winning the Futurity in a mild upset to jumpstart his journey to victory in the 1997 Kentucky Derby.
    Kevin Modesti, Oc Register, 4 Sep. 2025
  • The big colt was runner-up to Skippylongstocking in the G2 Gold Cup at Santa Anita and could factor underneath at a price.
    Jared Welch, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Crossing the finish line at odds of 18-1, this seven-year-old gelding shook up the world in more ways than one.
    Danny Brewer, Forbes.com, 29 July 2025
  • However, the 7-year-old gelding has won the track’s top summer grass race for older horses – the Grade II Del Mar Handicap – three straight years.
    Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 July 2025
Noun
  • Horses — selectively bred by humans over millennia — lack this response and will just keep pumping out foals.
    Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 31 July 2025
  • The first foal to reach the shore receives a special title—either King or Queen Neptune, depending on its gender—and is given away via a raffle.
    Jennifer Prince, Southern Living, 4 July 2025
Noun
  • Monday’s special Labor Day card features two $100,000, dirt stakes races — the one-mile Tranquility Lakes for older fillies and mares and the Generous Portion, a 5½-furlong sprint for Cal-bred 2-year-old fillies.
    Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Sep. 2025
  • In 1988 his filly Winning Colors became only the third filly to win the Kentucky Derby.
    Neil Milbert, Chicago Tribune, 29 June 2025

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“Mustang.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mustang. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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