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longhorn

[lawng-hawrn, long-] / ˈlɔŋˌhɔrn, ˈlɒŋ- /


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Applicants wore suits, dresses, jeans, cowboy hats and boots, longhorn belt buckles.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 29, 2025

In 2022, park officials began the process of crafting a “livestock plan” for the horses as well as about nine longhorn cattle in the park’s North Unit near Watford City.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 25, 2024

Oliver Reyes jumped into a frozen pond at his family's farm in Philadelphia, Tennessee, when he noticed a longhorn calf named Wynonna had fallen through the ice.

From BBC • Jan. 19, 2024

“I’m 60, so I can go sit at the ranch and knit, or I can just go for it,” said Ms. Turner, who owns a longhorn cattle ranch near Dallas.

From Washington Times • Nov. 22, 2023

And while it is true that many families are descended from contract colonists not unlike the present-day braceros, all hold to the dream of the longhorn steer and the unfenced horizon.

From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck




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