cowboys
Example Sentences
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“Back then, they had 30 cowboys who rode every day, seven days a week, doctoring cattle. I’ve got five,” the younger Nieto said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026
Saavedra briefly entertained the name “Charro,” a reference to Mexican cowboys, before landing on Tapatío, a nickname used for people born in Guadalajara, Jalisco, where all three of his children were born.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 12, 2026
At the time, however, the frontier – with its rugged cowboys, miners and railroad men – defined American manhood.
From Salon • Apr. 6, 2026
“It’s like, Really? You bunch of cowboys in the garage in California think you can do what government programs at billions of dollars and decades have not yet achieved. Who do you think you are?”
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 28, 2026
Two more cowboys had to hustle in to drag him out.
From "Life Is So Good" by George Dawson
