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donkey

[dong-kee, dawng-, duhng-] / ˈdɒŋ ki, ˈdɔŋ-, ˈdʌŋ- /


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Apparently, the journey would have included a river raft and a donkey ride.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 3, 2026

Women ride past on donkey carts, piled high with vegetables, jolting over potholes deep enough to trap a wheel.

From Barron's • Feb. 18, 2026

Cheers would erupt when a young donkey reached the conclusion that “I kinda think the system is rigged against everyone.”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 10, 2026

The best he can muster against fellow contestant Yamil “Yam Yam” Arocho is to bray like a donkey in labor distress that Arocho is full of “big, thick, ‘Traitor’ doo-doo.”

From Salon • Jan. 15, 2026

They shuffled on their mismatched bronze and donkey legs, hissing and fighting with each other, apparently in no hurry to reach the Doors of Death.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan