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"We weren't sure if it would matter for our moon or not. When we did the simulations, we found it actually matters quite a bit."

From Science Daily ● Sep. 11, 2026

The seats are a bit stiff but oh-so-roomy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026

Walking into the busy newsroom brought a little bit of comfort.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026

Dad was a bit of a history buff and I was on my first big trip away from home.

From Salon ● Sep. 11, 2026

I know I’ve been a bit distracted, but for the most part I’ve been getting my work done.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam

Before the king was led his beautiful Cyprian steed, Favelle, gorgeously caparisoned, and bitted with gold, the saddle adorned with two little golden lions.

From With Spurs of Gold Heroes of Chivalry and their Deeds by Frances Nimmo Greene

The Colt submitted; And, like his ancestors, was bitted.

From Favourite Fables in Prose and Verse by Harrison Weir

But, like a bitted horse, man does not realize his strength until he has once run away with himself.

From Pushing to the Front by Orison Swett Marden

Lord Howard's horse was worse bitted than those of the two former noblemen, but not so much so as to derange the ceremony of retiring back out of the Hall.

From Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Volume 6 by J. G. (John Gibson) Lockhart

The lady’s bridle, should be, what is called a double bitted bridle, consisting of a bit with a curb-chain; and a snaffle, two separate head-stalls, united by one brow-band, each, with a separate rein.

From The Lady and Her Horse Being Hints Selected from Various Sources and Compiled into a System of Equitation by T. A. Jenkins

A little shadow passes over my mind as I think of the analogy to bitting a horse.

From Revisiting the Earth by James Langdon Hill

Hard-mouthed horses, when accompanied with great spirit, are objectionable, as they require peculiar bitting and the utmost vigilance.

From Domestic Animals History and description of the horse, mule, cattle, sheep, swine, poultry and farm dogs; with directions for their management, breeding, crossing, rearing, feeding, and preparation for a profitable market; also their diseases and remedies. Together with full directions for the management of the dairy. by Richard L. Allen

As regards the bitting of a puller, I would advise that with a double bridle the curb should be put low down in the mouth....

From The Horsewoman A Practical Guide to Side-Saddle Riding, 2nd. Ed. by M. Horace (Matthew Horace) Hayes

Still no suspicion of the truth reached me that since I came to live with him my uncle had been bitting and breaking his tongue.

From The Light in the Clearing by Irving Bacheller

Saxe, what man of yours is that who is bitting Grey Roland?

From The Justice of the King by Hamilton Drummond