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cowboy

[kau-boi] / ˈkaʊˌbɔɪ /


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Features include a two-story great room with a fireplace, eat-in kitchen and adjacent family room, screening room, game room, and cowboy bar with horse-saddle seats.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 19, 2026

In rural Modoc County, in California’s remote northeast corner, Republican gubernatorial candidate Steve Hilton donned a beige cowboy hat and climbed atop a horse.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026

"It's important not to mix politics with religion," said David de Santos from under his cowboy hat, after walking 50 kilometers in 24 hours to reach the shrine.

From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026

On a rainy Thursday in Broken Bow, buyers clad in cowboy hats, plaid shirts and denim gathered for the regular indoor cattle auction.

From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026

Ms. Chang clomps over in her red cowboy boots.

From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko

It is a mosaic of subcultures: fishermen in coastal towns, hipsters in Portland, hippies in Eugene, hikers in Bend, farmers in the Willamette Valley, loggers in timber towns and cowboys in Eastern Oregon’s high desert.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

Back then, Folger says, the rural western outpost was filled with "back-to-the-land hippies, college students, cowboys and ski bums".

From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026

As the 10-day Stampede comes to a close this weekend, and the fairground rides go silent and cowboys head back to the ranch, both sides say this is only the beginning of their fight.

From BBC ● Jul. 11, 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

It was a source of constant conversation for the cowboys I’d met, why old Jim would treat his pigs so.

From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson


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