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mule

[myool] / mjul /
NOUN
burro
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Authorities are trying to trace "mule accounts" involved in the transactions, they say.

From BBC Jun. 21, 2026

I thought, how do you incorporate the concept of that into a mule?

From Los Angeles Times May 14, 2026

The return voyage lasted as long as a year, with cargo then transported across Mexico by mule before heading to Spain, completing a trade loop between the old and new worlds.

From Barron's Apr. 28, 2026

He has been promoted to the job of leading the mule that pulls the coal cars.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 26, 2026

No one cares about a mule, a horse, a boy, and an injured man.

From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes




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