ewes

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It's not because rams are present earlier, since this would have made a lambing season in the past an impossibility: the ewes are always on head since they are always with the rams.

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  • Altogether, 1,477 Romney ewes were sent off on the one-kilometre dash, but many did not make it to the finish line. —  Radio New Zealand News Headlines
  • Outward Bound prize for two ewes: 1, A. Hartley; 2, C. Hartley; 3, B. Dickinson. —  Whitehaven News headlines
  • Two two shear ewes: 1, A. Hartley; 2, C. Hartley; 3, B. Dickinson. —  Whitehaven News headlines
  • It's not because rams are present earlier, since this would have made a lambing season in the past an impossibility: the ewes are always on head since they are always with the rams. —  RealClimate
  • But before the rams get to the ewes, they often fight, covering each other in blue dye. —  icScotland
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