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Recent Examples of packhorse
Osprey Poco Plus Child Carrier for $240 ($80 off)
Parent or packhorse?
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Drew Zieff, Outside Online, 16 July 2024
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
The jeep came into being in 1940, born of a need for a new breed of mechanized packhorse that could carry men and messages to the front lines with speed and agility and not necessarily with the benefit of roads.
—Murray Rubenstein, Popular Mechanics, 21 Oct. 2020
Foot and packhorse traffic through the pass peaked around A.D. 1000, in the Viking Age, when mobility and trade were at a height in Europe, the researchers write.
—Tom Metcalfe, Scientific American, 16 Apr. 2020
The packhorse was Witt—the same kid who was spotted after his team’s state semifinal win in June picking up trash in the dugout.
—Joan Niesen, SI.com, 10 July 2019
Unlike many New Deal projects, the packhorse plan required help from locals.
—Eliza McGraw, Smithsonian, 21 June 2017
The Department of Justice countersued, producing evidence dating back more than a century showing that the public and the government consistently used the trail for packhorses and hike-ins.
—Monte Reel, Bloomberg.com, 27 Oct. 2017
Unlike many New Deal projects, the packhorse plan required help from locals.
—Eliza McGraw, Smithsonian, 22 June 2017
Drew Zieff, Outside Online, 16 July 2024
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
The jeep came into being in 1940, born of a need for a new breed of mechanized packhorse that could carry men and messages to the front lines with speed and agility and not necessarily with the benefit of roads.
—Murray Rubenstein, Popular Mechanics, 21 Oct. 2020
Foot and packhorse traffic through the pass peaked around A.D. 1000, in the Viking Age, when mobility and trade were at a height in Europe, the researchers write.
—Tom Metcalfe, Scientific American, 16 Apr. 2020
The packhorse was Witt—the same kid who was spotted after his team’s state semifinal win in June picking up trash in the dugout.
—Joan Niesen, SI.com, 10 July 2019
Unlike many New Deal projects, the packhorse plan required help from locals.
—Eliza McGraw, Smithsonian, 21 June 2017
The Department of Justice countersued, producing evidence dating back more than a century showing that the public and the government consistently used the trail for packhorses and hike-ins.
—Monte Reel, Bloomberg.com, 27 Oct. 2017
Unlike many New Deal projects, the packhorse plan required help from locals.
—Eliza McGraw, Smithsonian, 22 June 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for packhorse
Noun
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Broadway theaters subsist on stunt-cast revivals of old warhorses; book publishers rely disproportionately on backlist sales.—
Spencer Kornhaber,
The Atlantic,
5 May 2025
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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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Think amusement and pony rides, a parade, car show, craft fair, music, food, and beautiful butterfly releases.—
AFAR Media,
AFAR Media,
11 July 2025
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There were beautiful Indian women in halter tops with bubble ponies, Spanish dudes in Premier League jerseys, and heavily tattooed white guys.—
Carolyn Wells,
Longreads,
4 July 2025
Noun
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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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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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Trump also directed Attorney General Pam Bondi to seek the release of grand jury testimony, as pressure mounts from both critics and supporters demanding transparency.—
Amanda Castro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 July 2025
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Kazuhiro Nogi | Afp | Getty Images Japan’s benchmark 10-year government bond yield climbed to its highest level since 2008 on Tuesday as concerns about fiscal spending mount ahead of an upper house election.—
Lee Ying Shan,
CNBC,
15 July 2025
Noun
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The best leather sneakers are a rare kind of wardrobe workhorse.—
April Benshosan,
Glamour,
14 July 2025
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The latest model of Amazon’s Kindle is a lightweight workhorse.—
Vulture Editors,
Vulture,
8 July 2025
Noun
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Acceptable modes of transit include a 1969 Mini Cooper, any model of Range Rover that Prince Philip once drove, or a hackney carriage.—
Simon Webster,
The New Yorker,
14 Dec. 2023
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Feinberg is still driving under the same hackney carriage medallion that he was issued in 1975, according to police.—
Danny McDonald,
BostonGlobe.com,
10 July 2018
Noun
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Lynch spends much of her spare time riding her four quarter horses.—
Julie Gallant,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
12 June 2025
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Jose and Irma Sifuentes went out to run a quick errand Monday only to come back to find Rey, their American quarter horse, missing from the family’s stable in unincorporated Kane County.—
Gloria Casas,
Chicago Tribune,
27 May 2025
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“Packhorse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/packhorse. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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