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foal

[fohl] / foʊl /
NOUN
young horse
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Two horses were dead when he arrived, including a foal that appeared stillborn or miscarried.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 22, 2026

However, the National Centre for Birds of Prey believed it was "most unlikely" that sea eagles would be capable of flying off with a foal.

From BBC • Sep. 3, 2025

Dwindling foal crops, shrinking purses and a stagnant and aging fan base has pointed to California racing being on the edge of extinction.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 28, 2025

He went to check on the foal and the mum but discovered another foal, stillborn, at the other side of the paddock.

From BBC • May 3, 2025

At the end of the 1950s, when the American space program looked as uncoordinated and spindly as a foal, predicting that the United States would best the Soviets might have seemed like a fool’s bet.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly