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Recent Examples of mule
As well as its mules and outdoor-friendly slippers handmade in Turkey, the brand has opened a workshop in El Paso, Texas, to work with artisan shoemakers there, and is introducing a range of ankle boots this spring.
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Alex Wynne, WWD, 7 Feb. 2025
Silk blend mules are just delicate enough to be unexpected but still wonderfully balanced.
—Kerry Pieri, Vogue, 7 Feb. 2025
Cuban Americans now send money either through people traveling to Cuba, known as mulas — mules — who carry it in their luggage, or through alternative money-transfer agencies, usually working without U.S. government authorization.
—Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 1 Feb. 2025
Nowhere is colder and more inhospitable in the whole of Season 1 than Episode’s 1 high mountain moors scenes where José Arcadio’s expedition edges along a path half way up a precipice, a mule slipping into the void.
—John Hopewell, Variety, 20 Jan. 2025
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Alex Wynne, WWD, 7 Feb. 2025
Silk blend mules are just delicate enough to be unexpected but still wonderfully balanced.
—Kerry Pieri, Vogue, 7 Feb. 2025
Cuban Americans now send money either through people traveling to Cuba, known as mulas — mules — who carry it in their luggage, or through alternative money-transfer agencies, usually working without U.S. government authorization.
—Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 1 Feb. 2025
Nowhere is colder and more inhospitable in the whole of Season 1 than Episode’s 1 high mountain moors scenes where José Arcadio’s expedition edges along a path half way up a precipice, a mule slipping into the void.
—John Hopewell, Variety, 20 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mule
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The boys, Ennis del Mar and Jack Twist, not yet twenty years old, have taken summer jobs guarding sheep from coyotes in the Wyoming wilderness.—
Michael Cunningham,
The New Yorker,
24 Feb. 2025
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Are coyotes an invasive species in Florida? Final Thoughts on Invasive Species There are a lot of cool critters in Florida, both native and non-native.—
Alan Clemons,
Outdoor Life,
20 Feb. 2025
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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
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The group said the White Nile River is the most likely source of infection in the city, as many families have been bringing water from it using donkey carts following a major power outage in the area.—
Samy Magdy,
Chicago Tribune,
22 Feb. 2025
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At office, Sally is in Bullpen, telling funny story re their donkey in lively way to small group of rapt admirers.—
George Saunders,
The Atlantic,
14 Feb. 2025
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The company pushed back the launch of an all electric car to focus on an ultra-luxury hybrid model and highlighted risks from potential tariffs and softer sales in China.—
Shashwat Awasthi,
USA TODAY,
27 Feb. 2025
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With her pageboy haircut and look of bottomless grief, Moore redefined the role of a leading lady for 90’s audiences in this blockbuster supernatural thriller/romance hybrid.—
Dan Heching,
CNN,
26 Feb. 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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To add to the surprise, some crossbreeds may even grow larger than either parent.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
30 Jan. 2025
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Dani was a 30-year-old Clydesdale/Hackney crossbreed who'd been at Maymont since 2004.—
Karri Peifer,
Axios,
15 Jan. 2025
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And your enthusiasm makes this seem less like a late twilight of my life and more like a, 'Go-girl kick ass' — which is good, because I'm not done.—
Lindsay Kimble,
People.com,
24 Feb. 2025
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Danielle ultimately won the battle, but the certainty and precision of her attack may have ultimately betrayed her own position, in much the same way that the elimination of Bob the Drag Queen came back to bite Boston Rob in the ass.—
Samantha Allen,
Them,
21 Feb. 2025
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“Mule.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mule. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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