hoof
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Regarding Robertson's own testimony, Keenan said his denials and account of what happened included details "thought up on the hoof to explain difficult scenarios".
From BBC ● Jun. 19, 2026
Foot-and-mouth causes fever and blisters near the hoof and in the mouth that prevent animals from feeding, as seen in the emaciated survivors.
From Barron's ● Mar. 13, 2026
Black cars filled with political leaders and CEOs who didn’t want to hoof it on foot clogged up the town’s two-lane main streets, where the typical year-round population is around 11,000.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 23, 2026
The tips of each of the three hind toes were enclosed in a wedge-shaped hoof with a flat underside, similar to that of a horse.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 30, 2025
The unicorn made a whinny, and pawed again with his hoof.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
She knows she can nail this role and she really hoofs it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2025
“There are scenes with galloping horses in the film, and the sound of the hoofs will match the rhythm of the music,” he says.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2024
They’ve already had a decent penalty appeal turned down and now they had a free-kick right on the edge of the D. Tom Lawrence hoofs it straight into the wall.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 19, 2022
The side effects they dreaded were far more terrifying: blindness, deafness, ulcers, a gruesome skin condition called “cowpox mange” — even sprouting hoofs and horns.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 15, 2021
With a horse, you don’t get to think ’bout nothing but hoping you don’t fall off and get coldcocked by their hoofs.
From "Elijah of Buxton" by Christopher Paul Curtis
The horses are characterised by their "large size, long legs, well-developed musculature, slender and elegant head -- set on a long, straight neck -- expressive eyes, high withers and sturdy hooves," he added.
From Barron's ● Jun. 5, 2026
That sound of hooves isn't retreating reindeer, but advancing Red Bulls.
From BBC ● Dec. 29, 2025
If the clomping hooves from the first horseman’s approaching steed got too loud, we’d just turn the music up.
From Salon ● Dec. 21, 2025
Best among them is the picture of a woman who tugs on a goat’s hooves, the animal largely out of frame, struggling against its weight as she grips a blade between her teeth.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 12, 2025
It was Old Timothy, yelling over the clatter of galloping hooves.
From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood
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