workhorse
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But unlike eloquent politicians known to be showhorses, enjoying the social media clips from their media hits, El-Sayed is a workhorse, and this combination makes him formidable.
From Salon ● Aug. 6, 2026
He was an intensive user of the Fed’s workhorse economic simulations even though he frequently trashed the models when staffers included the results in briefing materials.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026
The massive plane remains a workhorse for the Air Force seven decades after it debuted in the 1950s, and military officials believe the fleet can continue through the century mark with regular modifications and modernization.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 19, 2026
SpaceX’s workhorse launch vehicle can carry 22,500 kg to orbit at $3,289 a kilogram.
From MarketWatch ● May 21, 2026
He was both a workhorse and a charmer, admired equally by his elders and the young women in town.
From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers
Noncombat ships are the unglamorous workhorses of military deployments.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 10, 2026
Nvidia’s chips, known as GPUs, are the main workhorses of the AI computing revolution.
From Barron's ● Dec. 26, 2025
Gus Atkinson and Carse could be the workhorses of the tour.
From BBC ● Nov. 21, 2025
Where the Southern California land meets the Pacific waters, the beaches are the glamour-pusses, but it’s the ports that are the workhorses that bring in the heavyweight bucks.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 24, 2025
The tanker was huge, one of the workhorses of the oil age, almost a floating city in itself.
From "Ship Breaker" by Paolo Bacigalupi
