heifer
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Speaking at the Clogher Valley Show in County Tyrone, Leader said she had one heifer "that was taken away 18 months ago".
From BBC ● Aug. 2, 2026
He had already lost a heifer with weak lungs and feared future reproductive problems.
From Barron's ● Jun. 23, 2026
His brother, David Workman, killed in a fall off a cliff as he rode a mule in the dark in search of a lost heifer.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 27, 2024
On that October morning in 2018, Ethan found his father dead in the heifer shed, his raincoat draped neatly over a door nearby.
From New York Times ● Apr. 19, 2023
Whatever went missing in Parke County, from a handsaw to a heifer, people said the Tarboxes got it.
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
The team started with a group of 20 Holstein dairy heifers ranging from three to six months old, who had previous experience in the cattle chute area and with human handling.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 14, 2024
The number of heifers, or young female cows, in U.S. feedlots as of Oct.
From Reuters ● Nov. 10, 2023
With the temperature in the mid-90s, the 52-year-old Texan found the bull — whose nickname reflects his owner’s affection for the late Rev. Billy Graham — and 11 heifers cooling under a canopy of trees.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 2, 2022
A group of heifers moved into the land behind her house in Fife, and before long she knew that she wanted to become a farmer.
From BBC ● Jun. 29, 2022
Thus Eurylokhos; and they murmured ‘Aye!’ trooping away at once to round up heifers.
From "The Odyssey" by Homer
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