cowboy
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Through the diner’s large front-facing windows, we watched a cowboy mosey past on his horse, checking out the variety of vehicles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
“You can come to Vegas and do whatever you want,” said general manager Ryan Growney, wearing a black cowboy hat.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
“We need more cowboy hats and belt buckles in Washington,” he wrote in a campaign post on July 15.
From Slate ● Jul. 23, 2026
Downtown has totally changed - small businesses were replaced by bespoke steakhouses, high-end retail chains and stores selling custom cowboy hats for tourists.
From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026
At the moment blue-shirt cowboy fired, I cried out in pain and shrugged the cardigan dramatically off my shoulders.
From "Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus" by Dusti Bowling
The prime minister said rogue tradespeople gave their "decent, hardworking" counterparts a bad name and would be "putting the cowboys out of business".
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
With their flamboyant costumes and choreography, the group became a pop culture phenomenon, targeting disco's large gay audience with camp fantasy characters of butch builders, bikers, cowboys and soldiers.
From Barron's ● Jul. 1, 2026
“Back then, they had 30 cowboys who rode every day, seven days a week, doctoring cattle. I’ve got five,” the younger Nieto said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
Saavedra briefly entertained the name “Charro,” a reference to Mexican cowboys, before landing on Tapatío, a nickname used for people born in Guadalajara, Jalisco, where all three of his children were born.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 12, 2026
In walked Traft Martin with a handful of cowboys.
From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson
