as in mare
an adult male horse and especially one that is used for breeding
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Recent Examples of stallion
Following last season’s reunion-spoiling revelations about his father (ex-CIA operative Frank Harkness) and his father’s past (raising children to be super-soldiers), the galloping young stallion (played by Jack Lowden) hasn’t been able to screw his head on straight.
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Ben Travers, IndieWire, 24 Sep. 2025
As Extinct Animals notes, one such attempt was quashed when a lone stallion killed itself after losing its temper and bashing its own head into a wall.
—Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
Taming — but not eliminating — Maye’s wild stallion impulses will be a major part of McDaniels’ job this season.
—Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 16 Aug. 2025
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.
—Matthew Redmond
august 13, Literary Hub, 13 Aug. 2025
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Ben Travers, IndieWire, 24 Sep. 2025
As Extinct Animals notes, one such attempt was quashed when a lone stallion killed itself after losing its temper and bashing its own head into a wall.
—Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
Taming — but not eliminating — Maye’s wild stallion impulses will be a major part of McDaniels’ job this season.
—Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 16 Aug. 2025
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.
—Matthew Redmond
august 13, Literary Hub, 13 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stallion
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Wohlfeil’s decision noted that between the 2024 and 2025 rodeos, the rodeo management team adjusted the rules to not permit the use of electric prods — which had drawn criticism — and also to bar the use of mares known to be pregnant.—
Teri Figueroa,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
29 Jan. 2026
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The 6-year-old allowance-level mare Angelic Appeal was euthanized after being injured in a race on the Santa Anita turf course on Saturday, and the maiden 4-year-old colt Cornhuskerchris was euthanized after being injured in training on the Santa Anita training track on Sunday.—
Kevin Modesti,
Oc Register,
26 Jan. 2026
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Cole, a Belgian gelding who’s about 12 years old, calmly stood tied to a rope in the barn on the Kuehls’ property as visitors walked up to him and rubbed above his nose.—
Judith Kohler,
Denver Post,
24 Jan. 2026
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Damazio, a claiming-level 7-year-old gelding, was injured and threw jockey Adrian Escobedo in the second race last Sunday.—
Kevin Modesti,
Oc Register,
16 Jan. 2026
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See what Pletcher had to say about the colt.—
Stephanie Stremplewski,
Louisville Courier Journal,
31 Jan. 2026
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The 6-year-old allowance-level mare Angelic Appeal was euthanized after being injured in a race on the Santa Anita turf course on Saturday, and the maiden 4-year-old colt Cornhuskerchris was euthanized after being injured in training on the Santa Anita training track on Sunday.—
Kevin Modesti,
Oc Register,
26 Jan. 2026
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Sunday finale Brown is seeking his seventh Matriarch win in nine years Sunday in the one-mile turf test for older fillies and mares.—
Bill Center,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
30 Nov. 2025
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The $80,000 Swingtime Stakes matches a large field of fillies and mares seeking their first stakes win in 2025.—
Kevin Modesti,
Oc Register,
12 Oct. 2025
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The ad follows a Clydesdale foal that forms a friendship with a young bird.—
Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
30 Jan. 2026
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In the ad, marking the 48th Super Bowl commercial appearance by Budweiser Clydesdales, a down-on-its-luck eaglet befriends a Clydesdale foal.—
Kelli Bender,
PEOPLE,
26 Jan. 2026
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Warhorses charge, lances down, crashing through the tilts as lances break on shields and men topple from their steeds.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
26 Jan. 2026
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Rent your steed from Red Raven and let those chunky-monkey tires carry you along the area's 50 miles of trails.—
Ginger Crichton,
Midwest Living,
9 Jan. 2026
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Appearing at City Hall, the group of equine advocates petitioned the governing bodies for an all-weather arena and permanent stabling.—
From staff reports,
Memphis Commercial Appeal,
5 Feb. 2026
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This crystal Baccarat figurine reflects the power and refined grace of the horse and will win the hearts of collectors and equine enthusiasts far and wide.—
Kevin Huynh,
InStyle,
4 Feb. 2026
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“Stallion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stallion. Accessed 10 Feb. 2026.
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