trotter

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Recent Examples of trotter Use a variety of bones like knuckle bones, pig trotters and chicken feet for a better broth. Cody Godwin, USA TODAY, 6 Mar. 2025 The news comes hot on the trotters of social media sensation Moo Deng at the Khao Kheow Open Zoo in Thailand earlier this year. Lianne Kolirin, CNN, 6 Nov. 2024 One Studios International is getting on its trotters through its eye-catchingly titled doc If Pigs Could Talk. Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 17 Oct. 2024 The steaming pigeon and trotter pie at St. John comes to mind, as does a haunch of venison, served on lush spring greens, at the aforementioned Palmerston. Will Hawkes, Saveur, 29 May 2024 See All Example Sentences for trotter
Recent Examples of Synonyms for trotter
Noun
  • What does the phrase squeaky bum time, the racehorse Devon Loch, and the Portuguese proverb ‘morrer na prais’ all have in common?
    Ian Irving, New York Times, 28 Feb. 2026
  • In the meantime, to switch sports for a moment, OpenAI is like a fractious racehorse.
    Jim Cramer, CNBC, 8 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • For the collaborative Callsign Low sneaker, the shoe is built in layered canvas, with leather, and a pony hair upper, while the Callsign Mule Shroud introduces removable lace covers, leather and canvas paneling, and a unique snap-off component that allow the silhouette to change.
    Stephen Garner, Footwear News, 13 Feb. 2026
  • It was usually tied up in a haphazard pony.
    Kimberly Zapata, Parents, 29 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Osgood Perkins’ Keeper wants to add a few wrinkles to this old warhorse’s mix.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 14 Nov. 2025
  • Peeke, a warhorse all night, stepped into it and blasted a slapper that broke through Ullmark and hit the post.
    Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 7 Nov. 2025
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
  • Attractions Bellagio Conservatory & Botanical Gardens mounts whimsical, large-scale floral displays in the Bellagio’s lobby.
    Roger Kisby, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2026
  • The Year of the Horse will bring at least two new iterations of the Nike‘s four-decade old running franchise named for a mythical mount, as the company unveiled Tuesday both the Pegasus 42 and the ACG Pegasus Trail.
    Ian Servantes, Footwear News, 24 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Bred with stronger British mares, these thoroughbreds define the sport.
    Camilla Wright, semafor.com, 17 Feb. 2026
  • 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
Noun
  • Antelope such as puku, reedbuck, and roan began to return in greater numbers.
    Sarah Kingdom, Forbes.com, 23 Aug. 2025
  • In 2019, just 19 roan antelopes were estimated to exist in Kenya, according to conservation experts.
    Lauren Liebhaber, Miami Herald, 16 June 2025
Noun
  • And, to this day, they are meticulously trained from colts to perform spectacular feats of dressage, including some who can lift their front legs and seem to prance off the ground.
    Marla Jo Fisher, Oc Register, 18 Feb. 2026
  • Whether Baffert has another Derby winner in Plutarch won’t be known for 12 weeks, but the colt certainly has the bloodlines.
    Jay Posner, Los Angeles Times, 8 Feb. 2026

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“Trotter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trotter. Accessed 2 Mar. 2026.

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