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Recent Examples of workhorse
Dividend stocks, meanwhile, are the classic retirement income workhorse, and the idea of investing in businesses that send you regular cash feels comforting when paychecks stop.
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Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 19 Feb. 2026
Cabbage, the workhorse of a cruciferous vegetable recruited in boundless cuisines since perhaps the beginning of time, has been dubbed 2026’s vegetable of the year.
—Scott Hocker, TheWeek, 17 Feb. 2026
Starlink, SpaceX’s satellite internet provider, has launched about 11,000 Starlink broadband satellites into space since 2019, using its workhorse Falcon 9.
—Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 15 Feb. 2026
Framber Valdez was the top starter on the market, a dependable workhorse who just got $115 million.
—Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2026
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Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 19 Feb. 2026
Cabbage, the workhorse of a cruciferous vegetable recruited in boundless cuisines since perhaps the beginning of time, has been dubbed 2026’s vegetable of the year.
—Scott Hocker, TheWeek, 17 Feb. 2026
Starlink, SpaceX’s satellite internet provider, has launched about 11,000 Starlink broadband satellites into space since 2019, using its workhorse Falcon 9.
—Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 15 Feb. 2026
Framber Valdez was the top starter on the market, a dependable workhorse who just got $115 million.
—Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for workhorse
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This is a warhorse expected to pull a buggy around a cottage.—
Jesus R. Garcia,
Houston Chronicle,
1 Feb. 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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For months, Friedmann, always carefully wearing a mask, posed as a laborer and entered the facility.—
David Remnick,
New Yorker,
2 Mar. 2026
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Construction laborers work on a high rise building in Kolkata on July 23, 2024.—
Priyanka Salve,
CNBC,
27 Feb. 2026
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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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This tablet rocks up to 13 hours of battery life which is helpful to keep your kids engaged and attentive without constantly being asked where the plugger is.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
7 Aug. 2025
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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
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In the meantime, to switch sports for a moment, OpenAI is like a fractious racehorse.—
Jim Cramer,
CNBC,
8 Feb. 2026
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Attractions Bellagio Conservatory & Botanical Gardens mounts whimsical, large-scale floral displays in the Bellagio’s lobby.—
Roger Kisby,
New York Times,
26 Feb. 2026
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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
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First, famed filmmaker James Cameron endorsed Paramount, saying a Netflix takeover would lead to massive job losses in the entertainment industry, which is already reeling from a production slowdown in Southern California that has disrupted the lives of thousands of film industry workers.—
Meg James,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Feb. 2026
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The Labor Department published a rule Friday that would undo egregious attempts during the last administration to classify more workers as employees rather than independent contractors.—
Editorial Board,
Washington Post,
28 Feb. 2026
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In the East Village, the stylish Hunan Slurp is known for spicy stir fries and less common proteins, including frog, pig trotter, and century egg.—
Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner,
Forbes.com,
28 Jan. 2026
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The race welcomed para-athletes, and trotters with strollers were also invited to take part.—
Dylan Olsen,
CBS News,
27 Nov. 2025
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“Workhorse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/workhorse. Accessed 4 Mar. 2026.
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