ranchero

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Recent Examples of ranchero Dipping sauce flavors include avocado ranch and spicy ranchero. Maxwell Millington, Axios, 21 Mar. 2025 Miguel had always been the cook of the family, and the menu featured dishes Arturo and his siblings had been eating their entire lives: huevos a la Mexicana, steak ranchero, tripas, barbacoa, chile relleno, enchiladas and, of course, the restaurant’s trademark fajitas. Matthew Odam, Austin American-Statesman, 9 Dec. 2024 At Bahía Agua Verde, looking for birds, seals, dolphins, and whales is on the agenda along with a mule ride and visit with a local ranchero. Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 10 July 2024 In a twist, Aguilar was competing in the best ranchero/mariachi album category with his son-in-law Christian Nodal. Leila Cobo, Billboard, 3 Sep. 2019 See All Example Sentences for ranchero
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Noun
  • Each singer is known for powerful vocal performances, and their voices complement one another with a graceful concord, highlighting the song’s message of a cowboy’s straightforward, restorative and effective prayers.
    Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 12 Jan. 2026
  • The Smithsonian Museum estimates that one in four cowboys was Black, working alongside Hispanic vaqueros and Native Americans to help settle the West.
    Bo Evans, CBS News, 12 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Roosevelt observes that the cougars of his time are docile and timid, terrified of the rifle-bearing ranchman who had come to dominate their homelands.
    Declan Leary, National Review, 12 Sep. 2019
  • This once summer residence of the Marquis de Mores—an Old West frontier ranchman—and his family includes many of their original furnishings.
    Laura Kiniry, Smithsonian, 6 June 2019
Noun
  • When the herd grew unmanageable, Mexican-Spanish vaqueros (cowboys) were brought in from California to teach locals how to rope and herd cattle.
    Sophie-Claire Hoeller, Vogue, 21 Mar. 2025
  • The two entered the ring waving Mexican and Peruvian flags dressed as vaqueros.
    Jireh Deng, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • That rancher said people had been corner crossing over his property for years.
    Christine Peterson, Outdoor Life, 7 Jan. 2026
  • For instance, someone might identify both as a rancher and a conservationist, or a hunter who is also a wildlife advocate.
    Justin Angle, The Conversation, 6 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Expect to see a lot more of their eye-wateringly expensive merino wool gaucho bomber jackets in the stands next year.
    Rachel Marlowe, Vanity Fair, 22 Dec. 2025
  • Leather, ponchos, Argentina’s culinary traditions, horseback riding and the broader gaucho culture rooted in traditional livestock farming all contributed to the aesthetic that defines his brand.
    Andrea Onate, Footwear News, 1 Dec. 2025
Noun
  • Proudly sporting the pava—the campesino hat of the island’s rural working class—Benito drags that symbol into every song, visual, and public appearance, parading around the world as both patron saint and chronicler of Puerto Rican music, art, aesthetics, and politics.
    Pitchfork, Pitchfork, 2 Dec. 2025
  • On May 12, a group of rural campesinos staged a peaceful protest to draw attention to threats of land eviction.
    Nelson Mauricio Rauda Zablah, Christian Science Monitor, 6 June 2025
Noun
  • There are plenty of places to take a horse, with experienced cowhands to guide the way.
    Jenny Peters, Oc Register, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Now, the ranch is proactively using drones equipped with speakers and bright lights as stand-in cowhands, WSJ reported.
    Rachel Raposas, People.com, 5 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • The picture-perfect cowman’s paradise of Stockyards City is true to its stripes—and nowhere is this more evident than in Cattlemen’s Steakhouse.
    Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 29 Mar. 2025
  • The reply of my friend and hunting companion was one of those quaint, rasping epithets which only a cowman can manage when everything has gone wrong.
    Frank C. Hibben, Outdoor Life, 27 Feb. 2025

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“Ranchero.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ranchero. Accessed 15 Jan. 2026.

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