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cowboy

[kou-boi] / ˈkaʊˌbɔɪ /


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Cowboy Space was recently valued at $2 billion and has grown to around 50 employees.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 21, 2026

In recent months, chatter tore through town and headlines hit the Cowboy State Daily news site as residents received letters from the county about the man camp.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

Cowboy Bob, who is about 20 feet tall, plays guitar and wears a bolo tie, is one of several oversize fiberglass mascots along 11th Street in the Meadow Gold District of Tulsa.

From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2026

“You get to the Americas, and the place is giant,” said Eric D. Singleton, a curator at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 23, 2026

Elizabeth showed little interest in seeing Ernest, who eventually moved into a mice-infested trailer just outside Osage County, but Cowboy occasionally visited.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann




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