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mules

British  
/ mjuːlz /

verb

  1. (tr) to perform the Mules operation on (a sheep)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Wool from Welsh mules is more likely to be walked on than worn.

From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026

“Many of them have been stretched into new silhouettes of the Samba, for example, into both ballerinas, into mules, into Mary Janes.”

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 15, 2026

And now, your pierced mules are fueling the contemporary rise in “freaky footwear.”

From Los Angeles Times ● May 14, 2026

The government in Havana has very little access to remittances, because they usually arrive via private travelers known as money "mules," he told AFP.

From Barron's ● Feb. 22, 2026

Behind all came the two trains of mules and the bull-ring servants.

From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway

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