oxen
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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How that happens will depend on whose oxen are gored.
From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026
Musk oxen and snowshoe hares inhabit the base perimeter.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 12, 2025
When that stopped paying out, he used his oxen to feed the town of Bodie.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 7, 2025
Another bunch of dudes and a bunch of oxen got it into a cart, in one piece this time.
From Slate • Nov. 28, 2024
The chief danger that threatened them, he said, was that they might do some injury to the oxen of the Sun when they reached the island where they lived.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
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