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Recent Examples of workhorse
Advertisement Musk has transformed the space business by creating reusable booster rockets that cut costs, such as the company’s workhorse Falcon 9, which sends satellites into space.
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Laurence Darmiento, Los Angeles Times, 19 Nov. 2024
Use the kitchen workhorse to fry eggs and sear meat over the stove, or pop it in the oven to roast veggies.
—Isabel Garcia, People.com, 20 Oct. 2024
Their three high-leverage workhorses in the playoffs were Clay Holmes, Tommy Kahnle, and Luke Weaver.
—Daniel R. Epstein, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
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Laurence Darmiento, Los Angeles Times, 19 Nov. 2024
Use the kitchen workhorse to fry eggs and sear meat over the stove, or pop it in the oven to roast veggies.
—Isabel Garcia, People.com, 20 Oct. 2024
Their three high-leverage workhorses in the playoffs were Clay Holmes, Tommy Kahnle, and Luke Weaver.
—Daniel R. Epstein, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
Project Overview Working Time: 0 minute Total Time: 10 minutes
Skill Level: Beginner
Estimated Cost: $5-10
Canvas tote bags are workhorses.
—Jolie Kerr, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for workhorse
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The composer Ralph Vaughan Williams, that warhorse of English traditionalism, is mentioned six times, and his plangent music—invoking a lost, idyllic England; a greener, more pleasant land—could easily be the novel’s soundtrack.Charles McGrath, The Atlantic, 8 Oct. 2024
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At 33, Watt is young enough not to be tired of even the most familiar rock radio warhorses.Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 19 Sep. 2024
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None offered any apology to Korean forced laborers for the harsh treatment at the mines.MARI YAMAGUCHI AND KIM TONG-HYUNG THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, arkansasonline.com, 25 Nov. 2024
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Delaying the age for Medicare eligibility will hurt laborers in physically demanding jobs, too.Antonio Fins, USA TODAY, 24 Nov. 2024
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Osprey Poco Plus Child Carrier for $240 ($80 off) Parent or packhorse?Drew Zieff, Outside Online, 16 July 2024
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In 1811 Charles’s 21-year-old father loaded a white stallion and a packhorse with baskets of Champagne and set off for Moscow, nearly 2,000 miles away.Moira Hodgson, WSJ, 30 Dec. 2021
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One other factor is that there will likely be fewer deaths because the foal crop is in serious decline, meaning fewer racehorses.John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2024
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Among this group of donors are CEOs, lawyers and racehorse owners.Leo Bertucci, The Courier-Journal, 28 Oct. 2024
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Composite full fenders help keep splashes at bay, there are mounts for front and rear accessories, and a kickstand for parking ease.Paul Ridden, New Atlas, 6 Dec. 2024
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Chaos mounts as day turns into night in the hours before Christmas.Keith Phipps, Vulture, 5 Dec. 2024
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Last week, tens of thousands of workers at Volkswagen, Germany’s largest manufacturer, took part in strikes at plants across the country.Anna Cooban, CNN, 11 Dec. 2024
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Judges in Washington and Oregon on Tuesday blocked the deal, delivering a win to federal regulators and consumer advocates who argued the merger could harm competition, consumers and workers and push prices up.Taylor Giorno, The Hill, 11 Dec. 2024
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More than 1 million trotters will participate in those races.John Bacon, USA TODAY, 26 Nov. 2024
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The news comes hot on the trotters of social media sensation Moo Deng at the Khao Kheow Open Zoo in Thailand earlier this year.Lianne Kolirin, CNN, 6 Nov. 2024
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Not only does the peon and con man Tom end up refashioning himself as the rich and carefree Dickie, but Highsmith’s novel itself was a retelling of Henry James’s The Ambassadors.Hillary Kelly, The Atlantic, 19 Apr. 2024
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Not afraid but brave, not weak but empowered, not peons but partners.Ashley Lee, Los Angeles Times, 25 Feb. 2024
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“Workhorse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/workhorse. Accessed 17 Dec. 2024.
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