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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

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

While SpaceX’s Falcon 9 partially reusable rocket has been the space industry’s workhorse for years, it does have its limitations.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 10, 2026

The new version of Starship is designed to carry 100 metric tons to low-Earth orbit, compared with about 23 metric tons for the company’s workhorse Falcon 9 vehicle.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 21, 2026

As a child on farms in northern Minnesota, I had worked with workhorse teams—mowing and raking hay, cleaning barns with crude sleds and manure forks—and in the summer we would sometimes ride these workhorses.

From This Side of Wild by Gary Paulsen

They are also essential workhorses, often the last to leave at night, after mopping floors and taking out the trash.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 12, 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

“I have all my teeth and all my hair, two fine workhorses, a four-room house, and twenty acres of land beside. I work hard and I do not smell all that bad, eh, little Chaya?”

From "The Devil's Arithmetic" by Jane Yolen