How to Use musher in a Sentence

musher

noun
  • Then, a musher guides the sled with guests aboard on a three-mile course over the wintry resort grounds.
    — Ryan Deto, Axios, 16 Jan. 2025
  • For one thing, Betsy didn’t know if other mushers would accept her.
    — Blair Braverman, Outside Online, 18 Feb. 2025
  • As the world warms, some dog mushers are running their teams at night so the animals don’t overheat.
    — The Atlantic Science Desk, The Atlantic, 28 Dec. 2024
  • During the race, mushers must take one 24-hour layover at a checkpoint to rest.
    — Mark Thiessen, ajc, 10 Mar. 2023
  • The largest field was 96 mushers starting the race in 2008.
    — ABC News, 7 Mar. 2026
  • Part of where to take that layover plays into the strategy of most every musher.
    — Mark Thiessen, ajc, 10 Mar. 2023
  • The event, catered to fans who hope to see and cheer on their favorite mushers, takes place a day before the competitive start.
    — ABC News, 7 Mar. 2026
  • For the first part of the race, mushers dealt with high temperatures, causing some to alter their strategies.
    — Mark Thiessen, ajc, 15 Mar. 2023
  • Seavey is now tied with Rick Swenson, the only other musher to have won five titles.
    — Alan Taylor, The Atlantic, 15 Mar. 2021
  • Alaska had a railway line from Seward to Nenana, to which the serum was shipped and picked up by the first dog musher.
    — Ned Rozell | Alaska Science, Anchorage Daily News, 6 May 2023
  • There are certain rules that all of the Iditarod mushers must follow throughout the race.
    — Christian Allaire, Vogue, 10 Mar. 2026
  • But the musher and his dogs were the only ones believed to be capable of covering the western portion of the run in time.
    — David Kindy, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Jan. 2025
  • Given the fact that the weather is one factor a musher can’t control, the smartest strategy is to be flexible.
    — Jenny McCoy, SELF, 15 Nov. 2022
  • Today’s mushers do not take part in this activity for money or fame, because there is very little of both in sled dog racing.
    — Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 12 Feb. 2026
  • Thirty-three mushers will race with their dogs nearly 1,000 miles through the Alaskan wilderness.
    — Alicia Delgallo, USA TODAY, 2 Mar. 2023
  • Here, musher Blair Braverman shares her top ten tips for keeping cozy in frigid temperatures.
    — Blair Braverman, Outside Online, 10 Dec. 2020
  • Kristin Knight Pace is a former dog musher, a mother, a park ranger, a pilot, a writer, and an Alaskan.
    — Cat Jaffee, Outside Online, 27 Feb. 2023
  • Offers morning and afternoon tours for two people per sled, with a guide or musher accompanying each sled.
    — Sara Hansen, Denver Post, 10 Feb. 2026
  • Meet the famous Alaskan husky—and Iditarod finisher—who got miffed at a musher and chomped her truck’s brake lines.
    — Morgan Carter, Outside Online, 22 Apr. 2024
  • Meet the famous Alaskan husky—and Iditarod finisher—who got miffed at a musher and chomped her truck’s brake lines.
    — Morgan Carter, Outside Online, 4 Apr. 2024
  • Seavey was the first musher to reach the Cripple checkpoint, which is the halfway point of the race, officials said Wednesday night.
    — CBS News, 7 Mar. 2024
  • Since then, mushers have become faster and faster, with winners reaching the finish line a block off the Bering Sea in about 10 days.
    — ABC News, 7 Mar. 2026
  • Veteran musher Thomas Waerner won last year and was stranded in Alaska for months after the race.
    — Ben Church, CNN, 6 Mar. 2021
  • The race will not conclude until the last musher crosses the finish line, which is projected to occur on March 11.
    — Megan Forrester, ABC News, 28 Feb. 2025
  • He was recognized as one of the best mushers in Alaska, while Togo was often considered the top dog in sledding.
    — David Kindy, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Jan. 2025
  • There actually are 37 mushers in this year’s race, but three are not eligible for the championship or prize money.
    — ABC News, 7 Mar. 2026
  • For one thing, mushers arrive there having rested for a mandatory eight hours in White Mountain, 55 miles ago.
    — Zachariah Hughes, Anchorage Daily News, 17 Mar. 2023
  • The resident of the cabin and another musher left food for Leon in the hopes of catching him, according to the trail committee.
    — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 6 June 2022
  • Thirty-four mushers started the 1973 race, but only 22 finished.
    — ABC News, 7 Mar. 2026
  • Deep snow should greet mushers along much of the 1,000-mile (1,610-kilometer) trek to the state’s western coast.
    — ABC News, 7 Mar. 2026

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