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Recent Examples of mule
Test mules appear to have headlights from the Ferrari Roma sports car and portions of rear bodywork borrowed from the Maserati Levante, another SUV – plus a set of four fake tailpipes sprouting out from below.
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Alistair Charlton, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2025
Once a station for switching out horses and mules for fresh ones along the old Oregon-to-California Trail, a 54-acre ranch near Mount Shasta has hit the market for under $1 million.
—David Caraccio, Sacramento Bee, 8 Mar. 2025
Sleek Flats: The Feminine Finish For a soft, elegant touch, flat mules or strappy sandals are the perfect pairing with wide-leg pants, as these delicate styles contrast beautifully with oversized silhouettes, adding a hint of polish without overpowering.
—Ruhama Wolle, Glamour, 5 Mar. 2025
Pair it with chop suey, or lamb and mint sauce or a marmalade tart prepared by an outré chef who spouts long stories of conflicted brilliant travels on leaking ships or saddled mules or trains with cracked windows.
—Tom Mullen, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2025
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Alistair Charlton, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2025
Once a station for switching out horses and mules for fresh ones along the old Oregon-to-California Trail, a 54-acre ranch near Mount Shasta has hit the market for under $1 million.
—David Caraccio, Sacramento Bee, 8 Mar. 2025
Sleek Flats: The Feminine Finish For a soft, elegant touch, flat mules or strappy sandals are the perfect pairing with wide-leg pants, as these delicate styles contrast beautifully with oversized silhouettes, adding a hint of polish without overpowering.
—Ruhama Wolle, Glamour, 5 Mar. 2025
Pair it with chop suey, or lamb and mint sauce or a marmalade tart prepared by an outré chef who spouts long stories of conflicted brilliant travels on leaking ships or saddled mules or trains with cracked windows.
—Tom Mullen, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mule
Noun
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Teams receive awards for the heaviest coyote, lightest coyote and most kills.—
Cecilia Rodriguez,
Forbes,
6 Mar. 2025
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Identifying Foxes As members of the canid family, foxes are related to dogs, coyotes, and wolves.—
Arricca Elin SanSone,
Southern Living,
4 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The only other research dog breeder according to current USDA inventories is Oak Hill Genetics based in Franklin County in Illinois, which housed about 800 mongrel hound dogs in July.—
ByMeredith Wadman,
science.org,
28 Oct. 2024
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Herzog has chosen to retain one of Ibsen’s thorniest speeches, a diatribe about social evolution in which Stockmann talks of the difference between mongrel dogs and pedigree breeds as an analogy for the uneducated masses and the elite intelligentsia.—
David Rooney,
The Hollywood Reporter,
3 Sep. 2019
Noun
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His family had a donkey, dogs, goats, cattle, and assorted poultry.—
Christine Ro,
Forbes.com,
30 Mar. 2025
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Already, the area in front of the school was snarled with donkey carts loaded with people’s belongings, cooking gas cylinders, jugs of drinking water, mattresses and tarps.—
Nabih Bulos,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Made of high-quality leather, the Ralph Lauren Mesh-Leather Pony Ballerina Trainer is the perfect hybrid that is delicate enough and looks just as good with a midi skirt as a pair of jeans.—
Nneya Richards,
Travel + Leisure,
19 Mar. 2025
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What’s interesting is the fact that Merc will also launch this as a hybrid, a few months after the EV’s launch.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
19 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Here are the most common turkey sounds that gobblers, hens, jakes, and jennies make.—
Josh Honeycutt,
Outdoor Life,
2 May 2024
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Loughlin, who has posted consistent results all summer racing a 10-year-old jenny named Mary Margaret, was fortunate to have Hal Walter, a seven-time pack burro racing world champion, take her under his wing and share plenty of the tricks of the trade through the years.—
Brian Metzler,
Outside Online,
16 Aug. 2022
Noun
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In other words, humans will tire out long before the burro.—
Heather Mundt,
Smithsonian Magazine,
13 June 2024
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Spencer’s sold a burro, imported from Mexico at a cost of $85 for a young male and $180 for a female foal.—
Mark Dent,
thehustle.co,
6 Dec. 2024
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Zoom in: High school junior Jett Hale, from Miami, Texas, fetched the reserve record with his steer, Mike, a stunning charolais crossbreed.—
Jay R. Jordan,
Axios,
24 Mar. 2025
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By selecting various friends in her wanderings, Sophie’s mom had spawned not just one sort of crossbreed, but several in that same litter.—
Charles Hammer,
Kansas City Star,
26 Feb. 2025
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Those guys on her team busted their asses and Dr. Will — who had entertained throwing the excursion for the other team — chose not to.—
Dalton Ross,
EW.com,
19 Mar. 2025
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Thank you to all the people who worked their asses off and made this possible.—
Claire Franken,
TVLine,
15 Mar. 2025
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“Mule.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mule. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.
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