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[geld] / gɛld /


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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 horse was also gelded since that last race and is protected today Lots to like here.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2019

The Woodward and Bernstein we get to see—so dutiful, so serious—are Butch and Sundance gelded.

From Slate ● Jun. 14, 2017

Got Even returned $3.40 and $3.20, while Durango Flier was another 2 1/2 lengths back in third and paid $15.60 to show at 61-1 odds in his first start since being gelded.

From Washington Times ● Dec. 4, 2014

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

Goodie Two Shoes, trained by Ireland's Joseph O'Brien and ridden by Wayne Lordan, finished in second place, with English gelding Middle Earth in third.

From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2025

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

It was somewhat of an upset as the 3-year-old gelding paid $34.80 to win for O’Neill and jockey Antonio Fresu.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 26, 2024

Danish, fresh from politically gelding Roy in public, recognizes this advantage too.

From Salon ● Jan. 3, 2024

The gelding was mine, a gift from a great-uncle on my mother’s side.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover


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