oxen

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How that happens will depend on whose oxen are gored.

From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026

Musk oxen and snowshoe hares inhabit the base perimeter.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 12, 2025

When that stopped paying out, he used his oxen to feed the town of Bodie.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 7, 2025

They put one broken half of Plymouth Rock into the wagon, and the 30 oxen had an easier trip up Cole’s Hill, and they deposited it beside the liberty pole.

From Slate • Nov. 28, 2024

A man driving an empty cart pulled by a pair of oxen regards us from a little side path, his mouth left hanging open like he forgot to close it.

From "The Knife of Never Letting Go" by Patrick Ness