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[geld] / gɛld /


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"Doing otherwise allows these public officials to geld the Constitution."

From Fox News ● Jun. 26, 2020

Trainer Richard Mandella decided to geld the 5-year-old after Setsuko finished ninth in the Pacific Classic last August.

From Newsweek ● Mar. 4, 2012

Interior Department agency, to geld 200 wild stallions over a six- to 10-year period in vast stretches of open range called the Pancake Complex, near Ely in eastern Nevada.

From Reuters ● Dec. 22, 2011

Connections were forced to geld the horse recently after he attacked a member of staff.

From The Guardian ● Mar. 12, 2011

And if you asked him to, he could geld a pony or castrate a pig with the same kind of delicate authoritative finesse Michelangelo must have used carving his Pietd.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols

Gem was gelded, or castrated, as a young horse, a common practice for competition horses, because it generally makes them calmer, safer and more manageable.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 6, 2026

The horse was also gelded since that last race and is protected today Lots to like here.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2019

The Woodward and Bernstein we get to see—so dutiful, so serious—are Butch and Sundance gelded.

From Slate ● Jun. 14, 2017

He supports Servis’s desire to take a long view with a horse that is without breeding value because he is a gelded New Jersey-bred.

From New York Times ● Mar. 4, 2016

At the corral the stock horses snorted at us and rubbed their heads against the bars, and Specklebottom took a kick at a gelded friend just to keep in practice.

From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck

They open the traditional gifts: one night, matching pajamas from grandparents; another night, books from an aunt and uncle; another night, chocolate gelt.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 11, 2025

For example, she ordered Hanukkah gelt – chocolate coins wrapped in foil — from three vendors and got two out of three.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 22, 2021

Other traditions that have become ubiquitous with the Festival of Lights include gift exchanges, dreidel games, chocolate coins and gelt, potato latkes and other fried foods.

From Fox News ● Nov. 28, 2021

Along with Hanukkah gelt there are Hanukkah goodies.

From New York Times ● Nov. 15, 2021

He helps himself to a piece of gelt from the candy bowl, peels the gold foil, and pops the chocolate coin into his mouth before reciting the prayers in Hebrew.

From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan

“He’s just such a cool horse,” Koch said, noting the gelding is known around the barn as “Clifford the Big Red Dog” because of his chestnut coat and a temperament Fenton describes as “sweet.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026

The six-year-old gelding scored its biggest win to date at the Bart Cummings over 2,520m at Flemington last month, before a third behind Half Yours at the Caulfield Cup.

From Barron's ● Nov. 3, 2025

Will the gelding be above or below par?

From BBC ● Apr. 3, 2025

Danish, fresh from politically gelding Roy in public, recognizes this advantage too.

From Salon ● Jan. 3, 2024

We looked him up in the programme from the number on the groom’s arm and it was listed a black gelding named Japalac.

From "A Farewell To Arms" by Ernest Hemingway


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