geld
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"Doing otherwise allows these public officials to geld the Constitution."
From Fox News ● Jun. 26, 2020
Trainer Richard Mandella decided to geld the 5-year-old after Setsuko finished ninth in the Pacific Classic last August.
From Newsweek ● Mar. 4, 2012
Interior Department agency, to geld 200 wild stallions over a six- to 10-year period in vast stretches of open range called the Pancake Complex, near Ely in eastern Nevada.
From Reuters ● Dec. 22, 2011
Connections were forced to geld the horse recently after he attacked a member of staff.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 12, 2011
“If it’s a stallion, we’ll have to geld it. Your father wouldn’t let you have a stallion.”
From "The Red Pony" by John Steinbeck
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Gem was gelded, or castrated, as a young horse, a common practice for competition horses, because it generally makes them calmer, safer and more manageable.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 6, 2026
The unicorns are being gelded, reins pulled in, their horns knocked off with a croquet mallet....Realism is rapidly setting in.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 12, 2022
Got Even returned $3.40 and $3.20, while Durango Flier was another 2 1/2 lengths back in third and paid $15.60 to show at 61-1 odds in his first start since being gelded.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 4, 2014
Ruler on Ice was unruly enough as a 2-year-old to be gelded, and Breen says he remains a tough horse to train.
From New York Times ● Jul. 30, 2011
At the corral the stock horses snorted at us and rubbed their heads against the bars, and Specklebottom took a kick at a gelded friend just to keep in practice.
From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck
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They open the traditional gifts: one night, matching pajamas from grandparents; another night, books from an aunt and uncle; another night, chocolate gelt.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 11, 2025
For example, she ordered Hanukkah gelt – chocolate coins wrapped in foil — from three vendors and got two out of three.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 22, 2021
“I’ve tried making jelly doughnuts and they end up being really sad,” she says, but store-bought versions do tend to make an appearance, along with latkes and gelt.
From New York Times ● Dec. 1, 2021
Other traditions that have become ubiquitous with the Festival of Lights include gift exchanges, dreidel games, chocolate coins and gelt, potato latkes and other fried foods.
From Fox News ● Nov. 28, 2021
He helps himself to a piece of gelt from the candy bowl, peels the gold foil, and pops the chocolate coin into his mouth before reciting the prayers in Hebrew.
From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan
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She rode the gelding to victory at the Group 1 Caulfield Cup last month -- the first woman to win that race in its 149-year history -- and will start from an ideal barrier eight.
From Barron's ● Nov. 3, 2025
Police arrested 118 people on the day of the race, in which the gelding Hill Sixteen suffered a fatal injury.
From BBC ● Apr. 5, 2024
Danish, fresh from politically gelding Roy in public, recognizes this advantage too.
From Salon ● Jan. 3, 2024
Lost in Limbo, a gelding trained by Michael Lauer, collapsed inside the final 1/16th and threw jockey Ricardo Santana Jr., the race chart noted.
From Washington Times ● May 28, 2023
She didn’t like having the gelding behind her, and with no warning she leapt forward, thrusting her weight onto her front legs, and with her hind legs kicked Bud full in the chest.
From "Educated" by Tara Westover
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