How to Use bighorn in a Sentence

bighorn

noun
  • But bighorn — with their broad, curved horns — can’t squeeze through.
    — Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 1 Feb. 2026
  • The bighorn herd that straddles the frontier will be severed.
    — Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 1 Feb. 2026
  • The impact on bighorn numbers was severe.
    — Hanna Wickes, Charlotte Observer, 27 Apr. 2026
  • The passages won’t be large enough for bighorn — with their broad horns — to squeeze through, advocates say.
    — Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 3 June 2026
  • Nature is brutal, but this bighorn is getting a second chance at life thanks to this epic rescue by our team.
    — Jennifer McRae, CBS News, 28 Jan. 2026
  • Only two limited hunts have been held for these Rocky Mountain bighorns.
    — Tim Kelly, Outdoor Life, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Weighing up to 340 pounds, the bighorn rams are known for their stature and large curling horns, which can grow over 3 feet in length.
    — John Leos, AZCentral.com, 14 Nov. 2025
  • That is a loss of roughly two-thirds of the statewide bighorn population in approximately five years.
    — Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 27 Apr. 2026
  • That means native bighorns are outnumbered by a wide margin, and basic biology is driving the gap wider.
    — Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 27 Apr. 2026
  • Given how the two species share habitat across the Trans-Pecos, wildlife managers are watching to see whether pinkeye jumps from aoudad to bighorns.
    — Hanna Wickes, Charlotte Observer, 27 Apr. 2026
  • After looking over the 10-year-old Badlands bighorn, there was no doubt in Suda’s mind about what their next move should be.
    — Kris Millgate, Outdoor Life, 12 Nov. 2025
  • Conservation groups say the measures are welcome, but not sufficient — that bighorn, and other animals, will still suffer.
    — Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 1 Feb. 2026
  • Both the Lava Bed bighorns and the Rocky Mountain bighorns were exterminated, early in the history of the state.
    — Tim Kelly, Outdoor Life, 4 Sep. 2025
  • That difference compounds relentlessly over generations, giving the invasive species a demographic edge that bighorn herds simply cannot match.
    — Hanna Wickes, Charlotte Observer, 27 Apr. 2026
  • Aiello, looking at data from a GPS collar on a computer screen, saw a bighorn on the Mexico side walking in a straight line, as if along something, appearing to try to cross.
    — Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 1 Feb. 2026
  • Border officials are tentatively signaling support for watering holes for bighorn, as well as the installation of small passages in the wall for wildlife, and floodgates to be left open during storms, according to Aiello, who is working closely with the California Department of Fish and Wildlife.
    — Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 1 Feb. 2026

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