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goat

[goht] / goʊt /
NOUN
hollow-horned mammal
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Delicious food — Jamaican patties, raspberry tarts, Nigerian-style goat, salmon tamales — scented the streets.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026

The small restaurant serves Somali food, and I get the same thing every time I visit: goat mendi, with fall-apart bone-in goat served over deeply seasoned rice studded with crispy bits of potato and raisins.

From Salon ● Sep. 8, 2026

Among the main events is kok-boru, a horseback sport where riders must gain control of a goat carcass and throw it into the opponent's goal.

From Barron's ● Sep. 4, 2026

“My desserts lean into savory,” she said, citing ingredients like miso and goat cheese.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026

“Look at the size of that beast,” she said, twitching her little nose like Mallons’ goat.

From "Nory Ryan’s Song" by Patricia Reilly Giff

They recovered 233 dogs, 66 cats, one goose, one parrot, one pig, one rabbit and two goats; all are being kept in county facilities as evidence in the case against De Anda.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026

When he was 16, he said he left home in a West Bank settlement and hiked into the hills with goats and little else.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026

“The house was small, so we built onto it to add a kitchen. We use the barns as a sanctuary for rescued horses, ducks, chickens, peacocks, goats, and other animals,” she went on.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 2, 2026

In 2025, the technology was featured on Clarkson's Farm, Jeremy Clarkson's fly-on-the-wall documentary about his Cotswolds farm Diddly Squat, where it was used to contain his herd of goats.

From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026

A small number of goats tried to graze on burned grass.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell




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