oxen

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The coroner said Jaysley, originally from Oxen Park in Cumbria, was pressured to drop the allegations and it was only reported to higher command "when the cat was already out of the bag".

From BBC • Mar. 18, 2026

Jenn Miller, founder of the Trottin’ Oxen Run Club of Northern Virginia, had a different concern.

From Washington Post • Jun. 11, 2020

Oxen were replacing tractors in agricultural fields; wood was being used to to fire ovens in state-run bakeries, and a number of factories had either cut back on production or shut down altogether.

From The New Yorker • Oct. 10, 2019

Oxen waited nearby, hitched to heavy wooden carts.

From New York Times • Dec. 16, 2015

Oxen in wagons in the rows of vines, were being loaded with the luscious fruit. 

From From the Thames to the Tiber or, My visit to Paris, Rome, Florence, Venice, Milan, Switzerland, etc. by Wardle, J.