racehorse

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Recent Examples of racehorse But there's also race history, manifested in fandom by Secretariat, the almost mythical champion racehorse known as Big Red who ruled the tracks in the mid-1970s. Javier Zarracina, USA Today, 1 May 2026 In the meantime, to switch sports for a moment, OpenAI is like a fractious racehorse. Jim Cramer, CNBC, 8 Feb. 2026 Soon, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police launched a helicopter search-and-rescue operation, while Nicholas' father — multimillionaire racehorse owner Alfred Vanderbilt — funded his own search team. Virginia Chamlee, PEOPLE, 31 Jan. 2026 The first two racehorse deaths of 2026 in California occurred at Santa Anita. Kevin Modesti, Oc Register, 16 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for racehorse
Recent Examples of Synonyms for racehorse
Noun
  • Community vendors are invited, and guests can participate in signing and singing, a 50/50 raffle and pony rides.
    Philip Potempa, Chicago Tribune, 5 June 2026
  • The material did not want a dog-and-pony show.
    Chris Willman, Variety, 4 June 2026
Noun
  • In the East Village, the stylish Hunan Slurp is known for spicy stir fries and less common proteins, including frog, pig trotter, and century egg.
    Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner, Forbes.com, 28 Jan. 2026
  • The race welcomed para-athletes, and trotters with strollers were also invited to take part.
    Dylan Olsen, CBS News, 27 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Perhaps most notably, the annual opera program will divert from the Pacific Symphony’s traditional Verdi and Puccini Italian operatic warhorses.
    Christopher Smith, Oc Register, 27 May 2026
  • But these warhorses have been rejuvenated in startling ways.
    Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2026
Noun
  • Osprey Poco Plus Child Carrier for $240 ($80 off) Parent or packhorse?
    Drew Zieff, Outside Online, 16 July 2024
  • In 1811 Charles’s 21-year-old father loaded a white stallion and a packhorse with baskets of Champagne and set off for Moscow, nearly 2,000 miles away.
    Moira Hodgson, WSJ, 30 Dec. 2021
Noun
  • In 2019, a Beluga whale turned up on the Norwegian coast wearing a harness that appeared to have a mount for a small camera, sparking speculation that it had been trained to spy for the Russian navy.
    Frank Andrews, CBS News, 12 June 2026
  • Many pieces were acquired through chance discoveries, including a portrait of George Washington, presidential seal carpet and a horse statue at the pond modeled after Washington’s mount, according to marketing materials.
    David Caraccio, Sacbee.com, 12 June 2026
Noun
  • One that began with a pregnant mare shot and abandoned in a field, barely alive.
    Nielsen Dinwoodie, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026
  • First, find all your ilmenite-rich regions (which are typically in lunar mare, the dark patches on the moon that signify frozen seas of ancient lava).
    Robin George Andrews, Scientific American, 14 May 2026
Noun
  • The limited edition features an image of Pegasus, the majestic, winged stallion from ancient Greek mythology, engraved on the case.
    Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 31 May 2026
  • With $2 million on the line, a stallion-making race like this should draw plenty of interest.
    Danny Brewer, Forbes.com, 25 May 2026
Noun
  • Along with the thousands of cows, the property is home to 180 bulls, 7,500 yearlings, and 130 saddle horses.
    Tori Latham, Robb Report, 12 Aug. 2025
  • The farm also had saddle horses, a team of Belgian draft horses that helped haul manure and feed, and plenty of chickens that supplied eggs for those big breakfasts every morning (followed by even larger dinners at noon and suppers in the evenings).
    Denise Crosby, Chicago Tribune, 13 Feb. 2025

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“Racehorse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/racehorse. Accessed 13 Jun. 2026.

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