ruffian
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Jockey Jacinto Vasquez tried to pull Ruffian up, but she kept on running and did even more damage to her leg.
From Washington Times • Jun. 1, 2023
Since then, La Onda wines have appeared on the wine lists of a number of highly regarded restaurants: Ruffian, in Manhattan; Roberta’s, in Brooklyn; Quince, in San Francisco; Bavel, in Los Angeles.
From The New Yorker • Nov. 18, 2019
Ruffian survived, but his experience aligns with data Van der Hoop and colleagues reported in 2016 in Ecology and Evolution.
From Science Magazine • Nov. 7, 2017
Having gained a degree of separation from Halliwell, after his release Orton began to find success, with The Ruffian on the Stair broadcast on BBC radio in 1964.
From BBC • Aug. 8, 2017
Let th' old Ruffian know I have many other ways to die; mean time Laugh at his challenge.——
From Eighteenth Century Essays on Shakespeare by Smith, David Nichol
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