mule
Example Sentences
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Obviously, clambering up and down the dangerously steep pass, ferrying goods on horseback or by mule or — for a few wacky, experimental months in the mid-1850s, Army camels — wasn’t workable.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2026
Authorities are trying to trace "mule accounts" involved in the transactions, they say.
From BBC ● Jun. 21, 2026
I thought, how do you incorporate the concept of that into a mule?
From Los Angeles Times ● May 14, 2026
The return voyage lasted as long as a year, with cargo then transported across Mexico by mule before heading to Spain, completing a trade loop between the old and new worlds.
From Barron's ● Apr. 28, 2026
I had to stuff the jar of raki and the packet of cherry paste under the bundles of wool on the pack mule in order to yank on Rostam’s harness with both hands.
From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri
