cowboys

Example Sentences

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So-called startup cowboys are making Lockhart, Texas, the new tech hotspot.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 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

The Mexican cowboys became adept at everything from calving to branding to overseeing the kind of long-distance cattle drives that later became a staple of the western.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 23, 2026

Some cowboys had a girlfriend with them and some just wanted to show off to the crowd.

From "Life Is So Good" by George Dawson