workhorse

Example Sentences

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Leaning on its workhorse Falcon 9 rockets, SpaceX launches more often than its competitors in the U.S. and elsewhere, giving it a dominant position in launch services that no rival has matched.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026

While the world kept close watch on climbing crude-oil prices on Monday, the so-called workhorse fuel of the industrial world was seeing a far more dramatic response as the Iran conflict reaches its third day.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 2, 2026

A passionate workhorse, he averaged around one documentary every few years for a long time, and kept the industry pressure off by maintaining low production costs and having his own production company.

From Barron's • Feb. 16, 2026

Indeed, the proposed number of launches is nearly 100 times more than the roughly 11,000 Starlink broadband satellites that SpaceX has sent into space since 2019 on its workhorse Falcon 9.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 10, 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