bridle
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One of his greatest assets is at the half-mile pole you could tell from the tenor in his voice if he spotted a horse that was up in the bridle had a big chance.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 10, 2025
His eyes are full of tears as he holds the little riding crop in one hand and the bridle in the other.
From Slate ● Nov. 30, 2023
But nations including South Africa and Colombia bridle at what they see as an implicit choice.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 29, 2023
The first victory for Rummy, who is buried by the Aintree winning post, came 50 years ago and Minella Trump will have strands of the Aintree legend's mane woven into his bridle.
From BBC ● Apr. 13, 2023
She wore a bitless bridle made of leather nearly as black as her coat, but no saddle.
From "Bone Gap" by Laura Ruby
Not having known much about the Camino before booking her trip, she sometimes bridles when fellow travelers share their knowledge along the route.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 23, 2026
The handlers on the ground let go of the bridles and the cows suddenly shoot forward.
From Barron's ● Oct. 20, 2025
Think animal jewelry — bridles, straps and other harness parts adorned with eagle heads, rosettes, griffins, busts of Herakles, serpents and lions, often shaped from gold.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 11, 2025
American freedom is not absolute; no American is free from the Constitution’s bridles.
From Slate ● Aug. 9, 2024
Two of the creatures were fitted with bridles and stirrups of braided cord.
From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman
Blanche bridled at the suggestion, calling it “the most false statement I have ever heard in my life.”
From Salon ● Apr. 9, 2026
Though he bridled against the genteel expectations of his upbringing, he was popular and effortlessly debonair.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 21, 2025
And he bridled when he was called in for a follow-up interview that he said involved the same questions.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 6, 2023
Mikhail S. Gorbachev, the Soviet leader whose vision of humane communism liberated millions, bridled the global arms race and knocked down the walls dividing East and West, has died, according to Russian news agencies.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2022
Charles thought she looked like a little old woman, “but with her heightened colour, sparkling eyes & bridled smiles, she looked, as I thought, quite charming.”
From "Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith" by Deborah Heiligman
Some of the costs are set to be shared between power-gobbling AI companies and consumers already bridling at utility bills.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 13, 2026
In her autobiography, Mrs. Robertson recalled bridling at staying at home and her husband’s refusal to help around the house.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 20, 2022
In her autobiography, Dede Robertson recalled bridling at staying at home and her husband’s refusal to help around the house.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 20, 2022
In her autobiography, Robertson recalled bridling at staying at home and her husband’s refusal to help around the house.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 19, 2022
Yossarian demanded, rising up slowly on one elbow with bridling hostility.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
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