as in mare
an adult male horse and especially one that is used for breeding
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Recent Examples of stallion
Bornstein came to run the facilities at Casey’s through Prince, a stallion with serious behavioral and training issues.
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Molly Morrow, Chicago Tribune, 3 Feb. 2025
Soon enough, however, the seven-time Formula One world champion overcomes his anxiety and is standing face-to-face with a shiny black stallion named Aroma.
—Sean Gregory / London and Maranello, TIME, 27 Feb. 2025
As the crew were trying to relocate their cattle and horses back to Montana from Texas, Colby Mayfield (Denim Richards) was killed by an untamable stallion.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 2 Dec. 2024
Someone brought up previous mustang killings, including two stallions from the Onaqui herd in 2023 and another beloved stallion from the same herd that was found shot dead in November, McClatchy News previously reported.
—Brooke Baitinger, Idaho Statesman, 7 Jan. 2025
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Molly Morrow, Chicago Tribune, 3 Feb. 2025
Soon enough, however, the seven-time Formula One world champion overcomes his anxiety and is standing face-to-face with a shiny black stallion named Aroma.
—Sean Gregory / London and Maranello, TIME, 27 Feb. 2025
As the crew were trying to relocate their cattle and horses back to Montana from Texas, Colby Mayfield (Denim Richards) was killed by an untamable stallion.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 2 Dec. 2024
Someone brought up previous mustang killings, including two stallions from the Onaqui herd in 2023 and another beloved stallion from the same herd that was found shot dead in November, McClatchy News previously reported.
—Brooke Baitinger, Idaho Statesman, 7 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stallion
Noun
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There’s no better example of that than in the 2009 Breeders’ Cup Classic, featuring the unbeaten mare Zenyatta.—
Jay Posner,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
6 Mar. 2025
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The book warns that cheese made from dog milk would cause a woman to deliver her baby prematurely and also notes that in some places, cheese was made from the milk of camels, mares and donkeys.—
Lauren Liebhaber,
Miami Herald,
30 Apr. 2025
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Averill got started in horse racing the same year that Werth was cashing in on U.S. Jets, partnering on a gelding named Fun n’ Gun that year.—
Dana O'Neil,
New York Times,
2 May 2025
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In this year's Derby, Hernandez will be riding Burnham Square, the bay gelding who won last month's Blue Grass Stakes in Kentucky and Florida's Holy Bull Stakes in February and was given 12-1 odds in the morning line.—
Alex Sundby,
CBS News,
2 May 2025
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Trainer Michael McCarthy was not available to talk to reporters Sunday but praised his colt’s effort to rally into the lead briefly before Sovereignty, the 7-1 third choice, overtook him in the stretch and won by 1 1/2 lengths.—
Gary B. Graves,
Baltimore Sun,
4 May 2025
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The brown colt, a tribute to guitarist Sixto Rodriguez, is trained by Bob Baffert, the sport’s most infamous titan.—
Steven Louis Goldstein,
New York Times,
3 May 2025
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The horse race is for 3-year-old fillies on Friday, a prelude to the Preakness.—
Sam Cohn,
Baltimore Sun,
17 May 2025
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The favorite in this year’s field is Good Cheer, an undefeated filly going for her seventh win in Friday’s Grade 1 gallop.—
Steven Louis Goldstein,
New York Times,
2 May 2025
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American Promise was a late foal and is just now maturing into the horse to beat for this race, in my opinion.—
Brian Hamilton,
NBC news,
1 May 2025
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In the pasture, the foal bows her knees, testing the earth’s firm handshake, spring’s promise renewed in the stretch of her legs – a motion both fresh and familiar.—
contributing Monitor poets,
Christian Science Monitor,
23 Apr. 2025
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Super Mario World ties in to the tease at the end of The Super Mario Bros. Movie, too — the game was the first to feature Mario's trusty steed, a dinosaur named Yoshi, who hatches from an egg in the game.—
Oliver Brandt,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 May 2025
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If outdoor adventure with a steed companion is more your style, the Atlantic Fields O.P. team can organize a ride with one of Wagon Wheel Horse Farm’s friendly horses: Poncho, Shadow, Blondie, Dolly, and Bell.—
Shivani Vora,
Forbes.com,
2 Apr. 2025
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“Stallion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stallion. Accessed 22 May. 2025.
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