cowboys

Example Sentences

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They are caricatured as tourists, or cowboys, or worse—Ted Lasso.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2026

At the time, however, the frontier – with its rugged cowboys, miners and railroad men – defined American manhood.

From Salon • Apr. 6, 2026

In that thing about the cowboys with Hoss….

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

“Thieves are normally going to go back to what they know, and cowboys know livestock,” says Brittain.

From Barron's • Feb. 13, 2026

At ten years old, he was riding bareback on cattle roundups with the other cowboys.

From "Death on the River of Doubt" by Samantha Seiple