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Recent Examples of pony
My old routine was to gamble on the harness ponies at the now-defunct Hazel Park Raceway, then drown my post-loss sorrows in four slices of Detroit’s finest square pie.
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David Weiss, Forbes.com, 18 Apr. 2025
The rising star — whose debut EP v.i.p - very important pony is out now — has garnered a cult fan base of over 560,000 monthly Spotify listeners and performed at iconic locations like Berlin's Berghain club and Electric Daisy Carnival in Las Vegas.
—Jack Irvin, People.com, 7 Apr. 2025
The 5 Star Farm petting zoo — which has events listed on its website dating back more than 15 years — features animals like camels, ponies, llamas and more, according to its website.
—Sophia Compton, FOXNews.com, 12 May 2025
The dead included a Nepalese citizen and a local Muslim pony ride operator.
—Mohammed Soliman, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Apr. 2025
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David Weiss, Forbes.com, 18 Apr. 2025
The rising star — whose debut EP v.i.p - very important pony is out now — has garnered a cult fan base of over 560,000 monthly Spotify listeners and performed at iconic locations like Berlin's Berghain club and Electric Daisy Carnival in Las Vegas.
—Jack Irvin, People.com, 7 Apr. 2025
The 5 Star Farm petting zoo — which has events listed on its website dating back more than 15 years — features animals like camels, ponies, llamas and more, according to its website.
—Sophia Compton, FOXNews.com, 12 May 2025
The dead included a Nepalese citizen and a local Muslim pony ride operator.
—Mohammed Soliman, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pony
Noun
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Photos show the exhausted mare nearly buried in the mud as rescuers tried to fasten the rope around her.—
Brooke Baitinger,
Sacbee.com,
29 Apr. 2025
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The beautiful horses are the main attraction at the Breeders’ Cup, from the future stars on Friday as juveniles, to the fantastic fillies, magnificent mares and classic colts that produce a lifetime of enjoyment for their connections and fans.—
Jay Ginsbach,
Forbes,
29 Oct. 2024
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While left alone for an hour, the younger sibling ignored all warnings and put Willow in the stallion's paddock.—
Lydia Patrick,
Newsweek,
18 Mar. 2025
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But even we weren’t prepared for the moment when Lady Jane Grey (Emily Bader) discovers that her handsome new husband, Lord Guildford Dudley (Edward Bluemel), is a stallion.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
4 Dec. 2024
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American Promise was a late foal and is just now maturing into the horse to beat for this race, in my opinion.—
Brian Hamilton,
NBC news,
1 May 2025
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In the pasture, the foal bows her knees, testing the earth’s firm handshake, spring’s promise renewed in the stretch of her legs – a motion both fresh and familiar.—
contributing Monitor poets,
Christian Science Monitor,
23 Apr. 2025
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In the small town of Jay Em, Wyoming, a nonprofit called Operation Remount Corporation is offering a form of equine therapy that serves not only veterans and first responders, but also the mustangs—many of which come from traumatic backgrounds.—
Kennedy Hayes,
FOXNews.com,
23 May 2025
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Wild horses, often called mustangs, are not native to the West and are generally descendants of horses that were released by or escaped from Spanish explorers, ranchers, Native Americans and others.—
Elise Schmelzer,
The Denver Post,
17 Mar. 2025
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His team consisted of the best possible combination—a mare and her foal, now a four-year-old gelding.—
Louise Erdrich,
New Yorker,
25 May 2025
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In this year's Derby, Hernandez will be riding Burnham Square, the bay gelding who won last month's Blue Grass Stakes in Kentucky and Florida's Holy Bull Stakes in February and was given 12-1 odds in the morning line.—
Alex Sundby,
CBS News,
2 May 2025
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Getty Images Notably absent from the race, however, was Sovereignty, the 3-year-old colt who won the Kentucky Derby.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
17 May 2025
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Trainer Michael McCarthy saddled the 3-year-old colt to a masterful win Saturday in 1 minute, 55.47 seconds.—
Sam Cohn,
Baltimore Sun,
17 May 2025
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The group delivered solid material that rarely fell flat, building on Garrett’s wild bronco ride out of the starting gate.—
R. Daniel Foster,
Forbes.com,
28 Apr. 2025
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Its new country competitor, 107.1 Hank FM (formerly K-Hits), came out of the gate looking like a bucking bronco last spring.—
Michael Deeds,
Idaho Statesman,
24 Jan. 2025
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The horse race is for 3-year-old fillies on Friday, a prelude to the Preakness.—
Sam Cohn,
Baltimore Sun,
17 May 2025
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The favorite in this year’s field is Good Cheer, an undefeated filly going for her seventh win in Friday’s Grade 1 gallop.—
Steven Louis Goldstein,
New York Times,
2 May 2025
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“Pony.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pony. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.
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