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oxen

[ok-suhn] / ˈɒk sən /
NOUN
bovine
Synonyms
STRONG




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How that happens will depend on whose oxen are gored.

From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026

In her introduction, she swoops over the poppy fields to free the enslaved oxen forced to build the Yellow Brick Road.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 18, 2025

Musk oxen and snowshoe hares inhabit the base perimeter.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 12, 2025

Another bunch of dudes and a bunch of oxen got it into a cart, in one piece this time.

From Slate • Nov. 28, 2024

The oxen were more willing to pull than they had been the day before.

From "My Brother Sam is Dead" by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier




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