yak
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Yak bulls at the Pettee Ranch, one of the largest yak operations in the country with about 250 head.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2026
Namgyal worked in Alaska, New York City and finally Colorado, the place most resembling Nepal and the epicenter of yak ranching in the United States.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2026
As for the cheese, it’s traditionally made with Bhutanese yak cheese for a tangy flavor, and increasingly cow’s milk cheese.
From Salon ● Jan. 15, 2026
One of them approaches a vendor selling barbecued strips of yak meat.
From BBC ● Apr. 16, 2025
E-mail was received in Kathmandu, printed out, and the hard copy was transported by yak to Base Camp.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
“Ms. Blatt, what do you think the Second Circuit meant when it yakked about … judges not being art critics?” he asked.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 12, 2022
They yakked about nothing and everything, except what was around them.
From New York Times ● Jul. 16, 2018
And Donald Trump appeared on some TV show and yakked about his well-being.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 17, 2016
But in all the decades he yakked about the college game, he'd never have as big an effect as he did on the NFL in 1981.
From Slate ● Oct. 12, 2012
Mr. Hofacket yakked away as my vision gradually returned.
From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly
In other instances throughout, she fiddles with her phone while others are yakking away and is always just a bit on the outskirts.
From Salon ● Aug. 13, 2023
Nice peaceful places are ruined by your yakking.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 25, 2023
Concerning groundwater, politicians and water officials have been yakking about recharging the drained aquifers for decades.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 6, 2023
It’s a job of waiting and playing, waiting and playing, sometimes waiting on horse pundits on TV to finish their yakking and then playing.
From Washington Post ● May 7, 2022
“Hey! Look—we’ve been yakking and not paying any attention, and I think we’ve found a farm. See? Way over there?”
From "Ruby Holler" by Sharon Creech
When she moved to rural Alaska to work in a clinic, Higdon bought a few yaks in the town of North Pole and started a trekking business.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2026
Unlike cows, Garner said, yaks have not had all their wildness bred out of them.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2026
A genetic adaptation that allows animals such as yaks and Tibetan antelopes to survive in thin air may also point to a new way to repair nerve damage in humans.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 15, 2026
Non-stop snow, instant noodles and yaks: tales of being trapped on Everest.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 10, 2025
Fresh bread and vegetables arrived every few days on the backs of yaks.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
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