workhorse

Example Sentences

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The Falcon 9 rocket became the company's workhorse, and has carried out hundreds of missions.

From Barron's • May 20, 2026

Vogt’s Juliette groans like a workhorse that knows it’s destined for the glue factory.

From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2026

Andres Sheppard, an analyst at Cantor Fitzgerald, has called Neutron the only viable alternative to SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket, the industry’s workhorse.

From MarketWatch • May 7, 2026

It will be lucky to complete five missions where it was once envisioned as the nation’s workhorse heavy lifter before SpaceX came along.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026

I’d been grinding like a workhorse for months but didn’t have much to show for it.

From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad