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Recent Examples of workhorse
Head coach Riley Dodge said his workhorse back is fully recovered.
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Mike Waters, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Oct. 2025
The bulb vegetable is a workhorse used on sandwiches, burgers, tacos, and nachos as well as in sauces, salads, meatloaf, and more.
—Stacey Lastoe, Southern Living, 14 Oct. 2025
Starship, the most powerful rocket ever launched and many times larger than SpaceX’s workhorse Falcon 9, is also key for launching heavier Starlink satellites essential to the company’s lucrative mobile broadband goals.
—Reuters, NBC news, 14 Oct. 2025
With Hubbard nursing a calf injury, Dowdle was a certified workhorse in the backfield.
—Charlotte Observer, 12 Oct. 2025
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Mike Waters, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Oct. 2025
The bulb vegetable is a workhorse used on sandwiches, burgers, tacos, and nachos as well as in sauces, salads, meatloaf, and more.
—Stacey Lastoe, Southern Living, 14 Oct. 2025
Starship, the most powerful rocket ever launched and many times larger than SpaceX’s workhorse Falcon 9, is also key for launching heavier Starlink satellites essential to the company’s lucrative mobile broadband goals.
—Reuters, NBC news, 14 Oct. 2025
With Hubbard nursing a calf injury, Dowdle was a certified workhorse in the backfield.
—Charlotte Observer, 12 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for workhorse
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Again, a première was matched to a warhorse.—
Alex Ross,
New Yorker,
6 Oct. 2025
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An all-situations warhorse throughout his NHL career, and the defensive engine for the 2023 Cup champions, Pietrangelo, on June 30, released an alarming update about his health.—
The Athletic NHL,
New York Times,
2 Oct. 2025
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In the early twentieth century, two groups of Indians living in America, young intellectuals and working-class laborers, had very different experiences of the country.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
5 Nov. 2025
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The actions of delivery truck drivers, warehouse laborers and many others can be tracked and sifted, too.—
Tom Krasovic,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
5 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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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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James is built like a racehorse and his defensive ability is his calling card.—
Roderick Boone,
Charlotte Observer,
18 Oct. 2025
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The train that rings Vesuvius makes its rounds as racehorses train along the shore.—
Andreas Wiseman,
Deadline,
3 Oct. 2025
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The items include bed frames, bedding, pillows, white-noise machines, area rugs, desk chairs, TVs and TV mounts.—
Noah Lyons,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 Nov. 2025
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When staffing dips, the pressure mounts.—
Samantha-Jo Roth,
The Washington Examiner,
8 Nov. 2025
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The plan additionally would guarantee back pay for federal workers and reverse agency layoffs during the government shutdown.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
11 Nov. 2025
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Once approved, the short-term deal will provide immediate financial relief for about 700,000 federal workers who have been furloughed or on the job without pay for more than a month.—
Nik Popli,
Time,
11 Nov. 2025
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His sweetbreads in pig trotter ragu evoke his memories of eating pork knuckle at his grandmother’s house.—
Stephanie Breijo,
Los Angeles Times,
13 May 2025
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Use a variety of bones like knuckle bones, pig trotters and chicken feet for a better broth.—
Cody Godwin,
USA TODAY,
6 Mar. 2025
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“Workhorse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/workhorse. Accessed 18 Nov. 2025.
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