cowboy
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“You can come to Vegas and do whatever you want,” said general manager Ryan Growney, wearing a black cowboy hat.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
“We need more cowboy hats and belt buckles in Washington,” he wrote in a campaign post on July 15.
From Slate ● Jul. 23, 2026
He was a cowboy… and valued the cowboy way of life.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 21, 2026
“I want just a cowboy hat,” Haaland said at the time, as seen in a video posted on his YouTube channel.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026
Around us our classmates were guessing, and I thought Serina had it when she pointed out that the professor’s shoes were rhinestone-encrusted cowboy boots, but apparently that was on-trend for the seventies.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
Chili’s origins are debated, but it is believed to have its roots in Mexican cuisine and was popular in the 19th century as a cheap and portable source of protein for cowboys.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026
"Our cowboys, and the cowboys in our audience, they believe in hard work, honesty, integrity, help your neighbour, some selflessness," he told the BBC.
From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2026
Hollywood was founded by daredevils, from the cowboys who galloped here to become stuntmen, to the small-town girls who bucked the pressure to get married and moved west to chase a one-in-a-million dream.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026
With their flamboyant costumes and choreography, the group became a pop culture phenomenon, targeting disco's large gay audience with camp fantasy characters of butch builders, bikers, cowboys and soldiers.
From Barron's ● Jul. 1, 2026
Even though Roosevelt wasn’t a crack shot, the best roper, or the best horseback rider, he had something else that the cowboys valued even more.
From "Death on the River of Doubt" by Samantha Seiple
