sire
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Three years on, the Purosangue remains an astonishing presence on any street, a provocation, an outrage, a moral panic—indeed, sire, very like a Ferrari.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2026
The tendency of one sire to spread a harmful mutation among its descendants even has a name, “the popular sire effect.”
From Slate • Oct. 9, 2023
A corner stall in the stallion barn still bears Secretariat’s name and that of his sire, Bold Ruler, among those of other elites who have inhabited the space.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 10, 2023
With a race as long as the Belmont, one factor to consider is horses whose sire have excelled at producing distance-loving runners.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2023
“He’s the donkey patriarch, the people’s hero, a creature who casts a greater shadow than the divine Tianma horse, a sire to Pegasus, and a ruby-sweating god-beast!”
From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri
Vocabulary lists containing sire
The Princess Bride
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Tolkien Reading Day, List 3
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The Sea of Monsters
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