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Recent Examples of Synonyms for workhorses
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Perhaps most notably, the annual opera program will divert from the Pacific Symphony’s traditional Verdi and Puccini Italian operatic warhorses.
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But these warhorses have been rejuvenated in startling ways.
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The route also brought artisans, laborers and slaves to the Spanish colony.
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For American diners of diverse backgrounds, chop suey struck an enticing balance between novelty and decipherability, which propelled it to national popularity even as the US government moved to exclude Chinese laborers from entering the country in 1882.
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Cerebras is, however, facing pressure to open more data centers, as are cloud infrastructure providers, while public opposition mounts and permitting processes can drag on.
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Pictured above, the hardworking AFP shooter Henry Nicholls produces yet another fine portrait in his shot of a young handicapper luxuriating in the Zenlike smoke-wreathed focus required to select just the perfect and perfectly-priced mounts to back in the next race.
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Unfortunately for Jorgensen, just about every Big Ten roster has a post player like Fielder — long, quick pluggers with a hard elbow in your ribs and a soft touch at the rim.
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While there are a lot of complaints—which tend to be amplified in groups like this but are helpful to know what to expect if things go wrong—there were also lots of solutions and tips for a wide variety of things, from storage hacks to apps, charging and more.
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Best Prime Day Matching Sets for Travel One of my favorite travel hacks is wearing a wrinkle-resistant matching set on the plane and then stashing one or two in my suitcase.
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Before every World Cup game, event workers unfurl a giant version of each country's flag on the field.
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Progressives cite its emphasis on the dignity of work and workers, and on the need for government to regulate working conditions that threaten this dignity.
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These new chargers from Ugreen are aimed at MacBook Air and Neo owners who want a power charger with a little more power.
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Interstate 35 through Dallas, Austin and San Antonio is considered one of the most robust highways for EVs in Texas, with more than 20% of all EV chargers on I35, I-35E and I-35W, according to TxDOT’s official charger location list.
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Barton’s pseudo-scholarship furnished Christian nationalists with valuable ammunition, but the movement needed foot soldiers.
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The result is child foot soldiers hired as hitmen, becoming both the perpetrators of crime and the victims of criminals.
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“Workhorses.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/workhorses. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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