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workhorse

[wurk-hawrs] / ˈwɜrkˌhɔrs /


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Customers and staff at the Workhorse bike repair café in west Cardiff gave mixed views about the cycle network in the capital.

From BBC • Mar. 29, 2025

Lordstown Motors was founded in 2018 by Steve Burns, the former chief executive of Workhorse Group, a small producer of commercial vehicles.

From New York Times • Jun. 27, 2023

GM agreed to sell the plant to a newly-formed entity called Lordstown Motors founded by the former top executive at an electric truck maker called Workhorse Group.

From Reuters • Jun. 27, 2023

Workhorse Valeri Nichushkin missed time because of an injury, and Artturi Lehkonen just returned from finger surgery.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 18, 2023

A tireless and enthusiastic worker in the cause of kindness to dumb animals, he organized, many years ago, and still largely manages, the Decoration-Day Workhorse Parade—an institution which has been extraordinarily beneficent in its results.

From Atlantic Classics, Second Series by Addams, Jane




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