cowboys
Example Sentences
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She said the sector had many decent businesses which were "undermined by far too many cowboys, crooks and con artists".
From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026
"Our cowboys, and the cowboys in our audience, they believe in hard work, honesty, integrity, help your neighbour, some selflessness," he told the BBC.
From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2026
Hollywood was founded by daredevils, from the cowboys who galloped here to become stuntmen, to the small-town girls who bucked the pressure to get married and moved west to chase a one-in-a-million dream.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026
With their flamboyant costumes and choreography, the group became a pop culture phenomenon, targeting disco's large gay audience with camp fantasy characters of butch builders, bikers, cowboys and soldiers.
From Barron's ● Jul. 1, 2026
“No idea. Maybe movies full of cowboys eating lots of spaghetti.”
From "Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus" by Dusti Bowling
