yak
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Her 3-year-old daughter, Oaklee, rode their yak Tashi last month in Fairplay’s Burro Days festival.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2026
Yak bulls at the Pettee Ranch, one of the largest yak operations in the country with about 250 head.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2026
This is the roof of the world where traffic gives way to yak herders on horseback whistling to reluctant, grunting cattle, as eagles circle above.
From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2025
But you can also find cheese made with milk from other animals like sheep, goats and even water buffalo and yak.
From Salon ● Jul. 24, 2024
Likewise, all photos that ran on the Web had first seen sent by yak and then air courier to New York for transmission.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
“Ms. Blatt, what do you think the Second Circuit meant when it yakked about … judges not being art critics?” he asked.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 12, 2022
They yakked about nothing and everything, except what was around them.
From New York Times ● Jul. 16, 2018
And Donald Trump appeared on some TV show and yakked about his well-being.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 17, 2016
But in all the decades he yakked about the college game, he'd never have as big an effect as he did on the NFL in 1981.
From Slate ● Oct. 12, 2012
Mr. Hofacket yakked away as my vision gradually returned.
From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly
In other instances throughout, she fiddles with her phone while others are yakking away and is always just a bit on the outskirts.
From Salon ● Aug. 13, 2023
Nice peaceful places are ruined by your yakking.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 25, 2023
Concerning groundwater, politicians and water officials have been yakking about recharging the drained aquifers for decades.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 6, 2023
In the run-up to that, the Europeans have been using old terms such as “Belfry,” yakking about having known Seve Ballesteros personally and yammering about the fun of Brookline even in defeat.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 23, 2021
He was yakking a mile a minute, saying stuff like “Your momma sure can make a good peanut butter sandwich” and “How come these kids is so darn mean?”
From "The Watsons Go to Birmingham" by Christopher Paul Curtis
As ranch manager, he cares for the yaks and maintains the sprawling property.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2026
Now she breeds her own yaks on 120 acres of pasture, foothills and mesa tops high in bucolic Ridgway, about 290 miles west of Denver.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2026
A genetic adaptation that allows animals such as yaks and Tibetan antelopes to survive in thin air may also point to a new way to repair nerve damage in humans.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 15, 2026
It could have ended in tragically had it not been for a well-coordinated rescue, with yaks and horses deployed to clear the snow.
From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2025
Most Westerners, however, have a hard time telling any of these shaggy beasts apart and refer to all of them as yaks.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
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