Old West
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Like many Old West boomtowns, it went bust, until skiing became the new gold.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 1, 2026
The technique of “Train Dreams”—the stylized juxtaposition of images and narration, the kaleidoscopic jumble of anxious memories and pastoral portraits—is not the stuff of an Old West parable.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 20, 2025
Morgan Weistling, an accomplished painter of cowboys and Old West frontier life, was vacationing with his family this month when he got a surprising message from a friend about one of his works of art.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 20, 2025
Haag, an Arizona-based consultant and expert in Old West firearms, testified Tuesday that he saw no evidence that the gun was broken or modified before it was tested by the FBI.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 27, 2024
By one account, the amount of oil money had surpassed the total value of all the Old West gold rushes combined, and this fortune had drawn every breed of miscreant from across the country.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
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