cowboy

Example Sentences

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The idea was that a well-constructed welfare state could deliver the same material standard of living as America’s cowboy capitalism, or better.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

After Stagecoach, where is the cowboy hat sign going next?

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 27, 2026

It was there that he fell in love with his new home state, and started wearing boots and cowboy hats.

From Slate • Apr. 19, 2026

The key player of the “love trapezoid,” as Raicek called it, is Damon, an urban cowboy of a jewelry designer who moves among three beguiling women, the narrator among them.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

Bryan, she said, had been driving the car and wearing a cowboy hat.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann