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racehorses

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plural of racehorse

as in ponies

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The two old warhorses spent six years together at Madrid and won four Champions League titles.

— Jibin Joseph, PC Magazine, 2 July 2026
Perhaps most notably, the annual opera program will divert from the Pacific Symphony’s traditional Verdi and Puccini Italian operatic warhorses.

— Christopher Smith, Oc Register, 27 May 2026

Definition of warhorses

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As endless suspicion mounts in multiple directions, this genre-bending true crime series explores society’s explosive obsession with true crime.

— Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 8 Oct. 2026
As internal discontent mounts, Chinese leaders will look to deflect it, framing the root cause as America’s civilizational rejection of China’s rise.

— Carl Minzner, Foreign Affairs, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of mounts

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Down at the bottom of the hill, Butch was sitting in the grass among a dozen or more stallions.

— Emily Ruskovich, The Atlantic, 7 July 2026
Mares use this land as a nursery, stallions retreat there to recover from injuries caused by fighting, and old horses go deep into the marsh to lay themselves to rest.

— Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 2 July 2026

Definition of stallions

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In September, for example, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said OpenAI’s management needed to take responsibility for the recent agent hacks.

— Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 5 Oct. 2026
With near-daily developments and revelations of more hacks and rogue AI agents, this no longer is the stuff of science fiction.

— Pete Hammond, Deadline, 5 Oct. 2026

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