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Cunningham is the team's defensive workhorse .
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The Boeing 707 used to be the workhorse of air travel.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But the real workhorse of the Galapagos operation was the tiny sub called the Alvin.
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He was also a great admirer of the weapon: The M60 was a real workhorse .
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Her strengths are her experienced pilots and her well-tested technology which make her a reliable workhorse .
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She wants to be known as a workhorse and not a clothes horse.
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The aircraft was the standard workhorse of Soviet medium-haul routes, a Tupolev 154 jet, six seats abreast.
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The microcomputer which is usually recognized as the part with the keyboard on top is the workhorse of the system.
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They are remarkably functional workhorses, two stroke, solid and very ugly.