bouts
Example Sentences
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A six-person team, including two veterinarians and four mahouts, or professional elephant trainers, accompanied the elephant on the flight, which took about six hours.
From Washington Times • Jul. 2, 2023
He was accompanied by a team of six people, including two veterinarians and four mahouts, or professional elephant trainers, three of them Thai and one from Sri Lanka.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 2, 2023
Vets and mahouts have also visited from Thailand to track his condition.
From Reuters • Jun. 21, 2023
On nearby roads, it’s not uncommon to see pachyderms traipsing along with their mahouts straddling their thick necks as vehicles carefully navigate around them.
From New York Times • Apr. 1, 2023
Gorgeously-ornamented cloths covered the backs of the huge animals, while the mahouts sat on their necks, to direct them where to go and what to do.
From The Young Rajah by Gruine, W.G.C.
