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
Green and gold colours of owner JP McManus look more likely to succeed elsewhere, although there is a breeding positive - Chantry House's sire Yeats was also dad to 2022 National winner Noble Yeats.
From BBC • Apr. 3, 2025
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
For the sire of their race was the great horse of Eorl that knew the speech of Men.
From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien
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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