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workhorses

  • plural
    of workhorse.
    workhorse
    noun
    a horse used for plowing, hauling, and other heavy labor, as distinguished from a riding horse, racehorse, etc.

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With 16 Academy Award nominations for cinematography, he’s two away from tying the record shared by Leon Shamroy and Charles Lang, two workhorses of the classic studio era.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 13, 2026

Guggenheim thinks that GLP1s will remain the workhorses in obesity for the foreseeable future.

From Barron's ● Jan. 12, 2026

Gus Atkinson and Carse could be the workhorses of the tour.

From BBC ● Nov. 21, 2025

Where the Southern California land meets the Pacific waters, the beaches are the glamour-pusses, but it’s the ports that are the workhorses that bring in the heavyweight bucks.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 24, 2025

“I have all my teeth and all my hair, two fine workhorses, a four-room house, and twenty acres of land beside. I work hard and I do not smell all that bad, eh, little Chaya?”

From "The Devil's Arithmetic" by Jane Yolen

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