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yearling

[yeer-ling] / ˈyɪər lɪŋ /
NOUN
young animal
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Doak added that she and the other volunteers named the yearling "Cookie".

From BBC • Mar. 13, 2026

When Flag is on the verge of becoming a yearling, Jody’s father says, “He’ll be like a person standin’ on the state line.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 23, 2026

The first time they tried this multi-entity approach was 2018 and they sent Baffert to the Keeneland yearling sale with about $9 million and he bought 17 colts.

From Los Angeles Times • May 16, 2024

The yearling would have barely made a sound as she trotted through brush and dry pine needles on an overgrown path that dropped into a steep canyon.

From National Geographic • Aug. 25, 2023

Then he told about one time ten or fifteen years ago when the southbound train ran over a bull yearling on a curve.

From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns




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