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Recent Examples of trotter
The news comes hot on the trotters of social media sensation Moo Deng at the Khao Kheow Open Zoo in Thailand earlier this year.
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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
My mom always emphasized the role of food: some dishes, like pork trotters with peanuts or ginger chicken drenched in sesame oil, are said to repair the uterus.
—Clarissa Wei, The New Yorker, 23 Mar. 2024
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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
My mom always emphasized the role of food: some dishes, like pork trotters with peanuts or ginger chicken drenched in sesame oil, are said to repair the uterus.
—Clarissa Wei, The New Yorker, 23 Mar. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for trotter
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The first two racehorse deaths of 2026 in California occurred at Santa Anita.—
Kevin Modesti,
Oc Register,
16 Jan. 2026
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Parker Knutson's football season at Southwest Minnesota State started like a racehorse bursting out of the gates; five interceptions in his first three games matching last year's total.—
Ren Clayton,
CBS News,
21 Nov. 2025
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Activities included painting, bounce houses, face painting and pony rides.—
Noah Lyons,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Jan. 2026
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In a similar vein, Dior tapped Danish animator Nina Gantz to create a tall tale about how a pony — with legs made of safety pins — sought to visit the moon with the help of clover leaves, a house symbol.—
Denni Hu,
Footwear News,
23 Jan. 2026
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Osgood Perkins’ Keeper wants to add a few wrinkles to this old warhorse’s mix.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
14 Nov. 2025
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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
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Osprey Poco Plus Child Carrier for $240 ($80 off) Parent or packhorse?—
Drew Zieff,
Outside Online,
16 July 2024
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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
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For example, astronomer Gianluca Masi, of the Virtual Telescope Project in Italy, imaged the breaking-apart comet in early November using a Celestron C14 Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope on a Paramount ME robotic mount.—
Elizabeth Howell,
Space.com,
30 Jan. 2026
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The comparatively uptight Pari (Mahshad Bahraminejad) mounts nonlinear plays that depict the intrusion of political anxiety on everyday Iranian spaces.—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
28 Jan. 2026
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Jean got up during the night to check on the mares that were ready to give birth.—
Judith Kohler,
Denver Post,
24 Jan. 2026
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The equestrian side of the ranch includes a show barn with an upstairs apartment, an eight-stall mare motel, multiple turnout pens and an insulated indoor arena designed for year-round training and events.—
Tiffani Jackson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
21 Jan. 2026
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Antelope such as puku, reedbuck, and roan began to return in greater numbers.—
Sarah Kingdom,
Forbes.com,
23 Aug. 2025
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In 2019, just 19 roan antelopes were estimated to exist in Kenya, according to conservation experts.—
Lauren Liebhaber,
Miami Herald,
16 June 2025
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The colt won the Florida Derby and headed off to Louisville as one of the likely favorites — if not the favorite — for the Kentucky Derby.—
Clark Spencer,
Miami Herald,
22 Jan. 2026
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The horse to watch this year for a potential Triple Crown victory is Ted Coffey, the colt from Aaron and Marie Jones.—
Scott Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
31 Dec. 2025
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“Trotter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trotter. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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