workhorse
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But unlike eloquent politicians known to be showhorses, enjoying the social media clips from their media hits, El-Sayed is a workhorse, and this combination makes him formidable.
From Salon ● Aug. 6, 2026
The massive plane remains a workhorse for the Air Force seven decades after it debuted in the 1950s, and military officials believe the fleet can continue through the century mark with regular modifications and modernization.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 19, 2026
The analyst expects Starship to be used mostly internally, launching SpaceX’s Starlink and other satellites to orbit, and for SpaceX to phase out its Falcon 9 workhorse rocket.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 15, 2026
But the GPU will remain the workhorse of AI for some time.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 21, 2026
As a child on farms in northern Minnesota, I had worked with workhorse teams—mowing and raking hay, cleaning barns with crude sleds and manure forks—and in the summer we would sometimes ride these workhorses.
From This Side of Wild by Gary Paulsen
They are also essential workhorses, often the last to leave at night, after mopping floors and taking out the trash.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 12, 2026
Guggenheim thinks that GLP1s will remain the workhorses in obesity for the foreseeable future.
From Barron's ● Jan. 12, 2026
Where the Southern California land meets the Pacific waters, the beaches are the glamour-pusses, but it’s the ports that are the workhorses that bring in the heavyweight bucks.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 24, 2025
I love all the workhorses, because you need them.
From BBC ● May 8, 2025
It was pulled by a pair of heavy-boned workhorses, with broad chests and sturdy, thick-furred legs that churned like pistons.
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
