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Recent Examples of foal
From that call, Langdale purchased a yearling foal and, unexpectedly, a senior Andalusian stallion trained in the airs above the ground.
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Connie Etemadi, USA Today, 27 Oct. 2025
In some cases, weight gain or subtle behavior changes may be the only hints before the foal arrives.
—Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Oct. 2025
Ninety horses will be offered, including horses of racing age, breeding stock and mares carrying foals.
—Bill Center, Mercury News, 8 Aug. 2025
Since fewer than 2,000 exist today, each foal is critical to the species’ survival.
—Mark Vancleave, Twin Cities, 30 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for foal
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Sunday finale Brown is seeking his seventh Matriarch win in nine years Sunday in the one-mile turf test for older fillies and mares.—
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During this time, monitor horses for signs of disease and keep pregnant mares with foals at their side in small groups and away from new/returning horses.—
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The latter was shipped to the Indianapolis Colts in a deal that brought New York two first-round picks and wide receiver AD Mitchell, whom the colts drafted in the second round in 2024.—
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Tom Welling lives the good life on a horse farm in Northern California with his golden retriever Rosey and colt Apollo.—
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There’s no reason to abandon your star stallion just before the big race.—
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Among the latter is ravenous beaver Nibbles Maplestick (Fortune Feimster, hilarious), who turns out to be a key ally, and pompous new mayor Brian Winddancer (Patrick Warburton), a stallion who used to be an actor.—
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The 6-year-old gelding hasn’t run since finishing third in the Grade 2 Turf Sprint on Kentucky Derby Day at Churchill Downs.—
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Tame the Tiger, a 3-year-old gelding with three career races, was injured Saturday, according to the California Horse Racing Board.—
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Sunday finale Brown is seeking his seventh Matriarch win in nine years Sunday in the one-mile turf test for older fillies and mares.—
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The $80,000 Swingtime Stakes matches a large field of fillies and mares seeking their first stakes win in 2025.—
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Development of roads and buildings in the Ag Reserve, though meticulous, has reduced the space available for equine operators to take horses out for rides, the O’Donnells argue.—
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Because of an outbreak of equine herpesvirus, a contagious equine virus that can cause neurological and respiratory diseases, the decision was made to not have any horses or other equines in the parade.—
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“Foal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/foal. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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