as in mare
an adult male horse and especially one that is used for breeding
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Recent Examples of stallion
Historian Terry Bouton has argued compellingly that most of the framers, landholding elites, deeply mistrusted the mass of American countrymen, and saw democracy as a wild, unruly stallion that needed to be tamed.
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Matthew Redmond
august 13, Literary Hub, 13 Aug. 2025
Harris had one of California’s largest breeding, racing and stallion operations for four decades.
—Bill Center, Mercury News, 8 Aug. 2025
Its speed, curves, and pizzazz, without being tacky, were so different from anything else on the water that the first hull was sold outside Italy, reportedly to a former New York governor who kept the Italian stallion incognito, outside the view of tax-payers.
—Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report, 23 July 2025
Two weeks before the stallion photo shoot, Hamilton is striking golf balls into a simulator at an indoor club on the banks of the Thames.
—Sean Gregory / London and Maranello, TIME, 27 Feb. 2025
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Matthew Redmond
august 13, Literary Hub, 13 Aug. 2025
Harris had one of California’s largest breeding, racing and stallion operations for four decades.
—Bill Center, Mercury News, 8 Aug. 2025
Its speed, curves, and pizzazz, without being tacky, were so different from anything else on the water that the first hull was sold outside Italy, reportedly to a former New York governor who kept the Italian stallion incognito, outside the view of tax-payers.
—Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report, 23 July 2025
Two weeks before the stallion photo shoot, Hamilton is striking golf balls into a simulator at an indoor club on the banks of the Thames.
—Sean Gregory / London and Maranello, TIME, 27 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stallion
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All five were of the same mare, shot between the 1860s and 1870s in the Zoological Society of London’s Zoo — making her both the first and last quagga ever photographed.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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This is the epitome of mare e montagna (mountain and sea).—
Erica Firpo,
AFAR Media,
8 Sep. 2025
Noun
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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
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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
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The colt doesn’t know the racetrack he was bred for – the pride of Ruidoso – lies in ruins for the second year running, gutted by floodwaters that turned familiar dirt into a sucking bog of mud.—
Alaa Elassar,
CNN Money,
1 Oct. 2025
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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
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And coupled with Bottle of Rouge’s upset victory Saturday in the Del Mar Debutante – Baffert’s 12th win in the fillies’ 2-year-old championship race – Baffert has now swept the juvenile titles two straight years and eight times since 1996.—
Bill Center,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 Sep. 2025
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The other is the John C. Mabee Stakes for fillies and mares on turf, which drew a competitive field Saturday.—
Kevin Modesti,
Oc Register,
4 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Horses — selectively bred by humans over millennia — lack this response and will just keep pumping out foals.—
Dac Collins,
Outdoor Life,
31 July 2025
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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
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The giant steeds guarding the entrance are set to ride into the sunset this fall.—
Michael Deeds,
Idaho Statesman,
26 Sep. 2025
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In Galaxy 2, Mario can hop on his trusty dinosaur steed and leverage Yoshi's unique abilities while traversing the inventive planetoid stages.—
Jeffrey L. Wilson,
PC Magazine,
20 Sep. 2025
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Standing inside trailers in Miami’s gridlock traffic is a stressful experience for horses, according to Suarez, who runs an equine structural integration therapy and rehabilitation business called Equi-Trust.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
30 Sep. 2025
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Proceeds support the equine therapy programs.—
Ut Community Press,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
23 Sep. 2025
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“Stallion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stallion. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.
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