calvary
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And when the calvary arrives in Episode 6 of "The Rings of Power," they do so on horses.
From Salon ● Oct. 3, 2022
It took penalties, in the end, to separate the teams, to determine which set of fans would remember this journey as a holiday and which a calvary.
From New York Times ● May 18, 2022
So began a calvary of severe fatigue, brain fog, imbalance and other symptoms that are still with her eight months later.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2021
His calvary - his enemies would say "deceit" - goes back to 2006.
From BBC ● Mar. 8, 2016
In this action 600 English horsemen, under the earl of Cardigan, charged a Russian force of 5,000 calvary and six batallions of infantry.
From Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol. 1 A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer
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