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neigh

[ney] / neɪ /
VERB
bray
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Even on the backside, it seemed like any other race day: Workers tended to horses who let out the occasional neigh.

From Seattle Times • May 6, 2023

The nearly life-size stallion became a national — neigh, international — sensation this year when David Marriott pieced him together while in hotel quarantine.

From Washington Post • Aug. 20, 2021

While Day’s half-time comments on the surface have very little to do with coronavirus, they epitomize the risks that unpaid college athletes are expected to, neigh compelled to, accept as part of day-to-day life.

From The Guardian • Jan. 11, 2021

The horse gave a short snort and neigh, then paced around the equestrian center, one of eight shelters for animals affected by the Sand fire. 

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 25, 2016

Samson, robbed of his prey, squealed in fury and followed the Huntsman into the trees with a neigh that sounded almost hungry.

From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley




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