sire

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Three years on, the Purosangue remains an astonishing presence on any street, a provocation, an outrage, a moral panic—indeed, sire, very like a Ferrari.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2026

The average breeding-purebred male dog, called a sire, will father more than 100 puppies.

From Slate • Oct. 9, 2023

O’Neill, jockey Mario Gutierrez and owners Paul and Zillah Reddam won the 2016 Kentucky Derby with Nyquist, who is the sire of Slow Down Andy.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 1, 2023

A corner stall in the stallion barn still bears Secretariat’s name and that of his sire, Bold Ruler, among those of other elites who have inhabited the space.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 10, 2023

And I said, I can’t help it, Lolo, they come out girls, and all he said was, Good bulls sire cows, like it was a credit to him.

From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez