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Recent Examples of pack animal
Steamships laden with mail sailed from the East Coast to Panama, where the mail was taken off the ships, transported in canoes or on pack animals, and handed to another steamship waiting on the Pacific side of the isthmus.
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Hailey Branson-Potts, Los Angeles Times, 23 May 2025
But the Russians aren’t merely experimenting with donkeys for the kinds of rough terrain that actually lends itself to pack animals.
—David Axe, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2025
Social and athletic, huskies are pack animals that love being part of the family and require plenty of exercise.
—Liz O'Connell, Newsweek, 10 Jan. 2025
The Mountain Mule Packer Ranch, which specializes in terrain pack animal supply trains, sent loads of food and supplies yesterday by mules, which are able to traverse the difficult terrain.
—NBC News, 3 Oct. 2024
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Hailey Branson-Potts, Los Angeles Times, 23 May 2025
But the Russians aren’t merely experimenting with donkeys for the kinds of rough terrain that actually lends itself to pack animals.
—David Axe, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2025
Social and athletic, huskies are pack animals that love being part of the family and require plenty of exercise.
—Liz O'Connell, Newsweek, 10 Jan. 2025
The Mountain Mule Packer Ranch, which specializes in terrain pack animal supply trains, sent loads of food and supplies yesterday by mules, which are able to traverse the difficult terrain.
—NBC News, 3 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pack animal
Noun
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But, yes, Sutton should totally be a Brown and put some fame on that name instead of Christian’s tired old annulment-ass name.—
Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
9 Jan. 2026
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What’s disturbing is the rush to cover their asses and disparage the victim.—
DP Opinion,
Denver Post,
8 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Visitors can attend shows for cattle, swine, goats, sheep, horses, donkeys and poultry.—
Brayden Garcia
January 8,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
8 Jan. 2026
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The few visible trails had been kept open by the passage of wild donkeys descended from colonial-era pack animals.—
Henry Wismayer,
Travel + Leisure,
7 Jan. 2026
Noun
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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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Saguaro cactuses are a keystone species in the Sonoran desert, but are facing new threats, such as rising temperatures, drought and even predators, like wild burros, that eat nearby shade plants.—
John Leos,
AZCentral.com,
10 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Washed up, tabloid fodder, and marinating in existential malaise, Russ begins the series as a finely observed jackass who drives a Cybertruck, dabbles in crypto, and flashes a diamond earring at the club.—
Nicholas Quah,
Vulture,
29 Sep. 2025
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Still, the show never gets beyond Russ being a showboating jackass and Chad being the low-IQ projection of a showboating jackass.—
Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
26 Sep. 2025
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“Pack animal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pack%20animal. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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