oxen
Americannoun
noun
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An inquest into the death of Gunner Beck, originally from Oxen Park in Cumbria, found she was also subject to relentless harassment by her line manager, Bombadier Ryan Mason.
From BBC • Feb. 22, 2025
Jenn Miller, founder of the Trottin’ Oxen Run Club of Northern Virginia, had a different concern.
From Washington Post • Jun. 11, 2020
Oxen were replacing tractors in agricultural fields; wood was being used to to fire ovens in state-run bakeries, and a number of factories had either cut back on production or shut down altogether.
From The New Yorker • Oct. 10, 2019
Oxen replaced tractors, and even today a farmer walking behind his plow is a common sight in the countryside.
From New York Times • Jul. 1, 2015
Oxen are described as drawing cannon upon the field of Flodden, and in time these guns broke down the walls of feudalism.
From Special Method in the Reading of Complete English Classics In the Grades of the Common School by McMurry, Charles A. (Charles Alexander)
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