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rodeo

[roh-dee-oh, roh-dey-oh] / ˈroʊ diˌoʊ, roʊˈdeɪ oʊ /
NOUN
cowboy exhibition
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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

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

“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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