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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

“If it’s a stallion, we’ll have to geld it. Your father wouldn’t let you have a stallion.”

From "The Red Pony" by John Steinbeck

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 unicorns are being gelded, reins pulled in, their horns knocked off with a croquet mallet....Realism is rapidly setting in.

From Los Angeles Times May 12, 2022

Got Even returned $3.40 and $3.20, while Durango Flier was another 2 1/2 lengths back in third and paid $15.60 to show at 61-1 odds in his first start since being gelded.

From Washington Times Dec. 4, 2014

It has systematically corrupted the police and in my view has gelded this Parliament, to our shame.”

From New York Times Jul. 7, 2011

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

“I’ve tried making jelly doughnuts and they end up being really sad,” she says, but store-bought versions do tend to make an appearance, along with latkes and gelt.

From New York Times Dec. 1, 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

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

Goodie Two Shoes, trained by Ireland's Joseph O'Brien and ridden by Wayne Lordan, finished in second place, with English gelding Middle Earth in third.

From BBC Nov. 4, 2025

She rode the gelding to victory at the Group 1 Caulfield Cup last month -- the first woman to win that race in its 149-year history -- and will start from an ideal barrier eight.

From Barron's Nov. 3, 2025

It was somewhat of an upset as the 3-year-old gelding paid $34.80 to win for O’Neill and jockey Antonio Fresu.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 26, 2024

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

From Salon Jan. 3, 2024

They gave the prince the best of the three horses, a big grey gelding so pale that he was almost white.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin




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