mule

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Recent Examples of mule These shoes are a cross between a mule and a heel, and when styled with a pair of long pants, look like a bootie. Shea Simmons, Southern Living, 30 Aug. 2025 Key pieces include the lace-up ZIRR mule, sheer DANUS sandal, and sculptural BERENICES EAST WEST handbag. Essence, 25 Aug. 2025 Thirty bucks for a dead-cow patty so tall a mule would have to stretch its lips to take a bite of the towering brioche bun. Denver Post, 11 Aug. 2025 Emily Ratajkowski has made repeat appearances this summer in Paris Texas’ glossy Lidia mule, styling it for both TV and streetwear. Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019 See All Example Sentences for mule
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Noun
  • The photographer managed to snap a photo when one coyote's tail was framing the face of another coyote.
    Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Aurora Animal Control Manager Kameron DeBoer previously said her division has noticed more coyote sightings near where there are frequent calls about backyard chickens.
    R. Christian Smith, Chicago Tribune, 4 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The embrace of mongrel style is a recognition of the fact that nothing is pure.
    Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 20 Aug. 2025
  • Reuters reported that the dog involved in the incident was a mongrel, or an unknown breed.
    Fernando Cervantes Jr, USA Today, 10 July 2025
Noun
  • Nast created several other political symbols including the Republican Party’s elephant, Tammany Hall’s tiger, one of the most popular images of Santa Claus and popularized the Democratic Party’s donkey.
    Kurt Snibbe, Oc Register, 12 Sep. 2025
  • This donkey has one very big clue hidden in its ear.
    Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The Chinese are also concentrating on plug-in hybrids, which don’t carry the same penal tariffs as pure EVs, and which may have a long-term future if the EU decides to dilute its carbon dioxide emissions regime.
    Neil Winton, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
  • After its big June launch, the next-generation hybrid system delivered several notable games, including the excellent Mario Kart World and game-of-the-year candidate Donkey Kong Bananza.
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 12 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Here are the most common turkey sounds that gobblers, hens, jakes, and jennies make.
    Josh Honeycutt, Outdoor Life, 2 May 2024
  • 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
  • Brighty the burro statue relocated Brighty, a cherished bronze statue of a famous burro, is relocated from the North Rim's Grand Canyon Lodge to the South Rim after surviving the Dragon Bravo Fire.
    DAILY BRIEFING, AZCentral.com, 17 Aug. 2025
  • Researchers have seen that wild horses and burros will hog water tanks, streams, and other water sources — often to the detriment of native critters like deer and antelope, which are easily bullied by a big stallion.
    Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 31 July 2025
Noun
  • Bichon poodles, also known as poochons, are a crossbreed of the Bichon Frise and the toy or miniature poodle.
    Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Aug. 2025
  • These puppies, believed to be a collie-working dog crossbreed, were left in the park, posing a threat to the local wildlife.
    Real-Time News team, Miami Herald, 22 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • While exact plot details are under wraps, Harbour’s ass-kicking Santa Clause is back.
    Justin Kroll, Deadline, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Like, don’t make an ass out of me.
    Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 9 Sep. 2025

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“Mule.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mule. Accessed 14 Sep. 2025.

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