as in foal
an adult female horse
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Recent Examples of mare
There’s no better example of that than in the 2009 Breeders’ Cup Classic, featuring the unbeaten mare Zenyatta.
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Jay Posner, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Mar. 2025
Eastman’s report said the mare died during his initial physical exam.
—David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Feb. 2025
This led to the lunar mare basalt — dark volcanic rock — wrinkling like the skin of a shriveling old apple.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 3 Feb. 2025
Each of the victories during the mare’s winning streak have been close calls, none of them by more than a length.
—Clark Spencer, Miami Herald, 26 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mare
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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.—
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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.—
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While left alone for an hour, the younger sibling ignored all warnings and put Willow in the stallion's paddock.—
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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.—
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Averill got started in horse racing the same year that Werth was cashing in on U.S. Jets, partnering on a gelding named Fun n’ Gun that year.—
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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.—
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Trainer Michael McCarthy was not available to talk to reporters Sunday but praised his colt’s effort to rally into the lead briefly before Sovereignty, the 7-1 third choice, overtook him in the stretch and won by 1 1/2 lengths.—
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The brown colt, a tribute to guitarist Sixto Rodriguez, is trained by Bob Baffert, the sport’s most infamous titan.—
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The horse race is for 3-year-old fillies on Friday, a prelude to the Preakness.—
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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.—
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Super Mario World ties in to the tease at the end of The Super Mario Bros. Movie, too — the game was the first to feature Mario's trusty steed, a dinosaur named Yoshi, who hatches from an egg in the game.—
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If outdoor adventure with a steed companion is more your style, the Atlantic Fields O.P. team can organize a ride with one of Wagon Wheel Horse Farm’s friendly horses: Poncho, Shadow, Blondie, Dolly, and Bell.—
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“Mare.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mare. Accessed 23 May. 2025.
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