yearling

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About half a dozen volunteers responded to the appeal and brought blankets and warm water for the yearling.

From BBC • Mar. 13, 2026

When Flag is on the verge of becoming a yearling, Jody’s father says, “He’ll be like a person standin’ on the state line.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 23, 2026

As a yearling, the horse had been named Cody’s Wish at the suggestion of Mary Bourne, the office manager at Gainsborough, who had stayed in touch with the Korman family.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 31, 2023

Researchers also documented more recent cougar kills: a seven-year-old female wolf in 2019, the yearling female in early September of last year, and then a wolf pup later that month.

From National Geographic • Aug. 25, 2023

“How would a woman’s arrow kill a yearling impala?”

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver