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Recent Examples of pack animal
Social and athletic, huskies are pack animals that love being part of the family and require plenty of exercise.
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Liz O'Connell, Newsweek, 10 Jan. 2025
There will be two primary areas of study: exploring the ecological and sociological implications of the pack animals’ return to the state.
—Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 30 Nov. 2024
As pack animals, dogs are hardwired to seek closeness with their family, whether canine or human.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 29 Nov. 2024
Born in the Ottoman Empire, Ali was brought to the United States to guide camels through the desert as part of an experiment to use them as pack animals here.
—Tiffany Acosta, The Arizona Republic, 10 Oct. 2024
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Liz O'Connell, Newsweek, 10 Jan. 2025
There will be two primary areas of study: exploring the ecological and sociological implications of the pack animals’ return to the state.
—Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 30 Nov. 2024
As pack animals, dogs are hardwired to seek closeness with their family, whether canine or human.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 29 Nov. 2024
Born in the Ottoman Empire, Ali was brought to the United States to guide camels through the desert as part of an experiment to use them as pack animals here.
—Tiffany Acosta, The Arizona Republic, 10 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pack animal
Noun
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Her mother stalked the perimeter of the grave, faced with a philosophical question: how to take pictures of the ass of a ghost.—
Patricia Lockwood,
New Yorker,
18 May 2025
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The warm moment is interrupted, though, by Seth being a drunk and homophobic ass.—
Kimberly Roots,
TVLine,
18 May 2025
Noun
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Bougainvillea draped over walls and doorways, vehicles and donkey carts filled traffic, busy restaurants lined the river banks.—
Emmanuel Akinwotu,
NPR,
16 May 2025
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Its mechanized forces, central to its strategies for victory, are bleeding out and now include museum-grade military trucks, civilian cars, vans, all-terrain vehicles and motorcycles ... and even donkeys.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 Apr. 2025
Noun
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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
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In other words, humans will tire out long before the burro.—
Heather Mundt,
Smithsonian Magazine,
13 June 2024
Noun
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To the show’s credit, Rick isn’t a simple bummer or jackass.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
11 Feb. 2025
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Shura said that Novikov treated him with disgust, carrying himself like a kham—a jackass.—
Joshua Yaffa,
The New Yorker,
13 Mar. 2025
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“Pack animal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pack%20animal. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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