Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for workhorses
Noun
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While Ye did pay him $260,000, Saxon says much of that went back into the house and was used for construction material and laborers.—
Victoria Bekiempis,
Vulture,
3 Mar. 2026 -
Witkus offered to show him to where other laborers were working, and the man thanked him.—
James Verini,
New Yorker,
2 Mar. 2026
Noun
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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.—
Sean Keeler,
Denver Post,
8 Mar. 2026
Noun
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As their bold production takes shape, a rival white theatre mounts its own Richard III just blocks away, threatening to undermine, overshadow, and outmaneuver them.—
Cincinnati Enquirer,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
7 Mar. 2026
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Vivo partnered with SmallRig, which made a pro-grade camera cage with cold shoe mounts for things like external flashes, microphones, and grips.—
Eric Zeman,
PC Magazine,
5 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Steps from the Capitol's West Front and where the worst of the fighting occurred, workers quietly have installed a plaque honoring the officers, three years after it was required by law to be erected.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
8 Mar. 2026
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In Kharkiv, in Ukraine's northeast, emergency workers were combing the rubble, looking for survivors.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
7 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Drone task force security model Haiti National Police Director Andre Jonas Vladimir Paraison said gang leaders are running and hiding while deploying their foot soldiers to the front lines.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
27 Jan. 2026
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Congress has become the president’s foot soldiers.—
Carlo Versano,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 Nov. 2025
Noun
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After the slaves were freed and cotton was no longer king, a different sort of richness was pulled from the ground in Walker County.—
USA Today,
USA Today,
8 Mar. 2026
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Launched in 2020 after the 400th anniversary of the first African slaves arriving in Jamestown, Virginia, the decade-long initiative encourages people of African descent to visit or repatriate and reconnect with their heritage and culture.—
Melanie van Zyl,
Travel + Leisure,
6 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Not all hacks are created equal, of course.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
4 Mar. 2026
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Depending on the data breach, that could include an email address, phone number, date of birth or other identifying details commonly harvested during large-scale hacks.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
28 Feb. 2026
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“Workhorses.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/workhorses. Accessed 10 Mar. 2026.
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