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Recent Examples of workhorse
And the reviews say this Honeywell tower fan is a workhorse in that respect.
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Clint Davis, People.com, 3 July 2025
For true workhorse status, Gunderman has relied on her Hydro Flask (arguably the mother of all reusable water bottles) for a whopping nine years, toting it to countless gyms and volleyball sessions.
—Sara Coughlin, SELF, 26 June 2025
The venerable workhorse helicopter has become a symbol of the Army’s wars of the last 30 years.
—Tom Vanden Brook, USA Today, 14 June 2025
Over the past decade, English wine producers have deepened their understanding of Bacchus, a grape once seen primarily as a workhorse for crisp, grassy whites.
—Paul Caputo, Forbes.com, 23 June 2025
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Clint Davis, People.com, 3 July 2025
For true workhorse status, Gunderman has relied on her Hydro Flask (arguably the mother of all reusable water bottles) for a whopping nine years, toting it to countless gyms and volleyball sessions.
—Sara Coughlin, SELF, 26 June 2025
The venerable workhorse helicopter has become a symbol of the Army’s wars of the last 30 years.
—Tom Vanden Brook, USA Today, 14 June 2025
Over the past decade, English wine producers have deepened their understanding of Bacchus, a grape once seen primarily as a workhorse for crisp, grassy whites.
—Paul Caputo, Forbes.com, 23 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for workhorse
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Considering its financial predicament and wealth of center backs, Barca could be tempted to sell the South American warhorse if a European rival tables his asking price.—
Tom Sanderson,
Forbes.com,
4 July 2025
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The Club World Cup is the old warhorse in his element, the ego still raging after all this time.—
Phil Hay,
New York Times,
18 June 2025
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Authorities had alleged that Haskell had hired four day laborers on Nov. 7, 2023 to dispose of several large trash bags, which one of the laborers said contained body parts.—
Liam Quinn,
People.com,
14 July 2025
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Farmworker advocates said Friday afternoon that one laborer had died from injuries sustained after falling from the roof of a greenhouse at Glass House cannabis operation while trying to escape federal agents.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
11 July 2025
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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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The technology is good for injury recovery in both humans and animals, long been used in equine therapy for racehorses.—
Kristin Auble,
Vogue,
10 July 2025
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According to The Courier-Journal in Louisville, Kentucky, every horse who ran the race is a descendant of famed racehorse Secretariat.—
Ryan Morik,
FOXNews.com,
3 May 2025
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Influencers and brand accounts can afford to adapt to the higher standards, investing in ring lights and phone mounts, while the rest of us wrestle with our iPhone camera apps.—
Kyle Chayka,
New Yorker,
9 July 2025
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The handlebar sports a SP Connect smartphone mount and integrated Supernova headlight that – along with the tail-light – comes on automatically when darkness starts to fall.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
8 July 2025
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That is similar to the impact of technological progress on workers.—
Olesya Dmitracova,
CNN Money,
9 July 2025
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Kyle Tucker and Ian Happ both attended the showcase on June 3, 2015, along with some construction workers who stayed on the project while the major-league club traveled on an extended road trip.—
Patrick Mooney,
New York Times,
9 July 2025
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His sweetbreads in pig trotter ragu evoke his memories of eating pork knuckle at his grandmother’s house.—
Stephanie Breijo,
Los Angeles Times,
13 May 2025
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Use a variety of bones like knuckle bones, pig trotters and chicken feet for a better broth.—
Cody Godwin,
USA TODAY,
6 Mar. 2025
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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 19 Jul. 2025.
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