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hoof

[hoof, hoof] / hʊf, huf /
NOUN
foot of animal
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Each chapter surveys the hoof, trunk or some other segment of the conceptual elephant in more or less chronological progression and finishes with a brief summary of what readers ought to take away.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 21, 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

Intense work schedules covering the 2008 banking crisis and the Covid-19 pandemic resulted in too many cakes and treats grabbed on the hoof.

From BBC Jan. 12, 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

"Like when we found the paint on his hoof at George's."

From "Pony Problems: Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew, #3" by Carolyn Keene

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

Philadelphia-based singer-songwriter Shamir donned horns and hoofs, evoking the goat-headed occult figure Baphomet, on the cover of his latest album, “Heterosexuality.”

From Washington Post Jul. 23, 2022

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

That night she made her way through the woods, crouching in the underbrush whenever she heard the sound of horses’ hoofs, staying there until the riders passed.

From "Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad" by Ann Petry

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

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

Cloven hooves had pressed into the soft mud.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 10, 2025

This city may be small, but in 1926 it became immortal, the place where a fiesta, thundering hooves, and a novel collided to shape modern legend.

From Salon Nov. 8, 2025

And they charged at him, a sea of furious black, of yellow hooves and yellow teeth.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell




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