mule

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Recent Examples of mule Universal Thread Betsy Clog Mule Flats A clog mule has become wardrobe essential for fall, and Target’s version is currently in stock in a light brown leopard print and a neutral taupe shade. Rachel Trujillo, PEOPLE, 6 Oct. 2025 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, 4 Oct. 2025 Scroll on for more favorite Vionic shoe deals, from versatile booties to a snazzy pair of mules. Mariana Best, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Sep. 2025 Last week on Tuesday, the Tijuana Public Safety Department, which includes the Tijuana police, reported two apparent blind-mule cases within hours of each other. Alexandra Mendoza, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for mule
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Noun
  • In late September, two people experienced a coyote attack and sustained injuries, the paper reported.
    Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 21 Oct. 2025
  • The homeowner can then be seen on the video running outside to fight off the coyote, which fled after also attacking the family's dog.
    Mason Leath, ABC News, 21 Oct. 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
  • The case of Mamulya, a donkey whose hoof was shattered, apparently in a mine explosion, becomes central to the story, emblematic of the assistance the sanctuary receives from within and beyond Ukraine’s borders in order to provide state-of-the-art medical treatments.
    Sheri Linden, HollywoodReporter, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Goya’s print with this quote originally features a master donkey, seemingly instructing a disciple.
    Mario Rodriguez, Miami Herald, 23 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The plug-in hybrid now offers an electric-only range of about 80 miles, while overall efficiency improves to the equivalent of 84 miles per gallon once the battery is depleted.
    Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 25 Oct. 2025
  • The doc/fiction hybrid that cleaned up at March’s Málaga Mafiz Works in Progress, winning prizes from Cine y Tele, Yagán, REC Festival and Sideral, which now handles international rights.
    John Hopewell, Variety, 24 Oct. 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
  • In 2022, Bureau of Land Management officials updated a program to incentivize adoptions of wild horses and burros by offering a $1,000 payment for the adoption of an animal removed from federal public lands.
    John Leos, AZCentral.com, 23 Oct. 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
  • Originally bred as a guide dog in the 1960s, the standard goldendoodle—a crossbreed of a golden retriever and poodle—weighs an average of 50 to 90 pounds.
    Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025
  • These crossbreeds may keep hope alive And while naturally conceived elkhorn and staghorn coral may soon be a thing of the past in Florida, reef restoration groups will keep breeding and replanting them.
    Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 24 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • There’s a treadmill, there’s a big-ass fan, but there’s poetry there and there’s magic.
    Ellise Shafer, Variety, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Wes Borland would be out here, kicking ass.
    Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 21 Oct. 2025

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“Mule.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mule. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.

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