Example Sentences

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Non-stop snow, instant noodles and yaks: tales of being trapped on Everest.

From MarketWatch • Oct. 10, 2025

"This shows that yaks were domesticated and milked in Mongolia much earlier than previously assumed," notes Wilkin.

From Science Daily • Jun. 5, 2024

The women whistle and holler at the sheep, goats and yaks to stop them straying from the narrow paths and falling down the mountainside.

From BBC • Nov. 25, 2023

Tenjen grew up in a village farming potatoes and herding yaks, and never got a chance to attend school.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 9, 2023

Fresh bread and vegetables arrived every few days on the backs of yaks.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer