rodeo
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After his death, his obituary paid tribute to his love of Montana—while also revealing the work he and Jones had been doing together to build a livestock auction company, as well as a rodeo.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 21, 2026
"This is one of the largest private-sector investments in Canadian history," she told reporters, sporting a cowboy hat to mark the ongoing annual rodeo, the Calgary Stampede.
From Barron's ● Jul. 8, 2026
The rodeo has had a relationship with Border Patrol since 2008.
From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2026
They should know it’s hardly Emma’s first Northern English rodeo.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 23, 2026
Choosing a less densely covered area of the ceiling he aims at the spot, and as he throws he lets out a bloodcurdling scream which would not be out of place in a bronco-busting rodeo.
From "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou
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Between daily longhorn cattle drives, rodeos, live music, and plenty of low-key ways to relax, there’s always something going on.
From Salon ● Mar. 31, 2026
They later stop by the local church and the disco with Joseph Cerda Bañales, a bearded makeup artist who brandishes long stiletto nails to the rodeos.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 30, 2026
Traveling for work, he regularly took care of his Ford duties during the day and competed in rodeos at night.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 4, 2025
Mustangs were tapped for Native American rodeos and relay races, she added.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2025
He drifted into a Wyoming county fair, where he found a job working for an obscure firm that supplied decrepit horses to rodeos for use in relay races.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
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“We’d seen my dad rodeo and my older brother rodeoed, so we knew we had the foundation,” said Holyan, the rodeo coach at Diné College in Tsaile, Arizona.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 27, 2023
He developed his love for the sport from his dad, who made sure his son practiced each day and rodeoed on weekends.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 11, 2021
“My husband, of course, he rodeoed his whole life,” Tammy says, staring out over the dirt ring, where an 11-year-old rider tried his best to reach eight seconds on a steer.
From Washington Times ● Mar. 4, 2018
He’d rodeoed when he was younger, in high school at Hurricane High and in college at Dixie in St. George.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 11, 2015
He’s rodeoed enough to know what broken bones feel like, and by 1938 he’s seen a lot of Saturday matinee westerns.
From Washington Post
Jonckowski had some experience as a youngster working on ranches, so she thought rodeoing would be worth a shot.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 27, 2023
But for now - he’s still roping, rodeoing and hoping to make it to the U.S.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 13, 2018
Teamwork and unity are so important in rodeoing, and in life, he says.
From Washington Times ● Mar. 4, 2018
“I can’t figure out for sure if I could stop rodeoing and just do ranching,” Cody said.
From New York Times ● Mar. 11, 2015
When Hetty drove back into the ranch yard an hour or so later, Johnny was rodeoing the farm tractor around the yard like a teen-ager, his face split in a wide grin.
From Make Mine Homogenized by Freas, Kelly
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