rə-ˈdā-(ˌ)ō
Examples of rodeo in a Sentence
Bud Kennedy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Mar. 2024
Other local job openings pay far less, including a posting for a rodeo maintenance worker, which pays up to $29.62 an hour.
—Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 26 Mar. 2024
Honoring Black Excellence’ details the vital role of Black people in the rodeo.
—Essence, 14 Mar. 2024
Cutting horses—or, the rodeo competition where a horse and rider must separate one cow from a herd of cattle.
—Vogue, 13 Mar. 2024
The former math teacher and rodeo cowboy now travel across the country searching for goods to bring back to Pawhuska.
—Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 19 Mar. 2024
The model attended the 2024 American Performance Horseman, where she was seen smiling and cheering him on from the side of the rodeo event in Texas.
—Skyler Caruso, Peoplemag, 11 Mar. 2024
Millie was the quintessential Malibu cowgirl, a talented equestrian and bull rider in rodeos.
—Hadley Meares, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Feb. 2024
For one, this isn’t exactly Reddit’s first IPO rodeo.
—Allie Garfinkle, Fortune, 23 Feb. 2024
Selena Barrientos, Good Housekeeping, 21 Feb. 2022
After Jimmy broke his promise to John (Kevin Costner) — to not rodeo ever again — the ranch hand eventually returned to Yellowstone.
—Selena Barrientos, Good Housekeeping, 18 Jan. 2022
The fee includes a wagon ride to the pumpkin patch, corn mazes, giant slides, tube slides, peddle carts, rat racers, a play area, duck races rodeo ropes course, corn crib caverns and more.
—Adriana Ramirez, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 10 Sep. 2019
His father, who rodeoed around Wisconsin in his spare time, raised cattle for dairy farms.
—Roy Bragg, San Antonio Express-News, 11 Feb. 2018
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“Rodeo.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rodeo. Accessed 17 Apr. 2024.
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rodeo
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from Spanish rodear "to surround," from rueda "a wheel," from Latin rota (same meaning)
More from Merriam-Webster on rodeo
Nglish: Translation of rodeo for Spanish Speakers
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