ox

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For the same reason, the government has also had to postpone the annual winter musk ox hunt that was due to start on January 31.

From Barron's • Feb. 10, 2026

One of Giovanni's most notable miracles involved healing an ox with a broken leg.

From Science Daily • Feb. 2, 2026

They don’t really care about “the reasons” or how others were experiencing America, whose ox the past few decades was being gored.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 15, 2026

There has been some success with the Australian government's crown-of-thorns starfish culling programme, which has killed over 50,000 starfish by injecting them with vinegar or ox bile.

From BBC • Aug. 5, 2025

“And what have you there?” the musk ox would say, despite it being fairly obvious what was in Duane’s arms.

From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el