geld
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"Doing otherwise allows these public officials to geld the Constitution."
From Fox News ● Jun. 26, 2020
Trainer Richard Mandella decided to geld the 5-year-old after Setsuko finished ninth in the Pacific Classic last August.
From Newsweek ● Mar. 4, 2012
Interior Department agency, to geld 200 wild stallions over a six- to 10-year period in vast stretches of open range called the Pancake Complex, near Ely in eastern Nevada.
From Reuters ● Dec. 22, 2011
Connections were forced to geld the horse recently after he attacked a member of staff.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 12, 2011
“If it’s a stallion, we’ll have to geld it. Your father wouldn’t let you have a stallion.”
From "The Red Pony" by John Steinbeck
Gem was gelded, or castrated, as a young horse, a common practice for competition horses, because it generally makes them calmer, safer and more manageable.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 6, 2026
The unicorns are being gelded, reins pulled in, their horns knocked off with a croquet mallet....Realism is rapidly setting in.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 12, 2022
The Woodward and Bernstein we get to see—so dutiful, so serious—are Butch and Sundance gelded.
From Slate ● Jun. 14, 2017
He supports Servis’s desire to take a long view with a horse that is without breeding value because he is a gelded New Jersey-bred.
From New York Times ● Mar. 4, 2016
At the corral the stock horses snorted at us and rubbed their heads against the bars, and Specklebottom took a kick at a gelded friend just to keep in practice.
From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck
They open the traditional gifts: one night, matching pajamas from grandparents; another night, books from an aunt and uncle; another night, chocolate gelt.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 11, 2025
For example, she ordered Hanukkah gelt – chocolate coins wrapped in foil — from three vendors and got two out of three.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 22, 2021
Other traditions that have become ubiquitous with the Festival of Lights include gift exchanges, dreidel games, chocolate coins and gelt, potato latkes and other fried foods.
From Fox News ● Nov. 28, 2021
Along with Hanukkah gelt there are Hanukkah goodies.
From New York Times ● Nov. 15, 2021
They saw us, and one guy beckoned for me to gelt up.
From "Fallen Angels" by Walter Dean Myers
The six-year-old gelding scored its biggest win to date at the Bart Cummings over 2,520m at Flemington last month, before a third behind Half Yours at the Caulfield Cup.
From Barron's ● Nov. 3, 2025
Will the gelding be above or below par?
From BBC ● Apr. 3, 2025
Danish, fresh from politically gelding Roy in public, recognizes this advantage too.
From Salon ● Jan. 3, 2024
The gelding was undefeated in three starts as a 2-year-old.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 16, 2023
Tyrion moved his saddle to Jyck's spotted gelding, who looked strong enough to last another three or four days at least.
From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
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