horn
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"The bison hooked him with his left horn on his hip and tossed him in the air," Mike Macleod, who recorded the incident, told the Cowboy State Daily, a local paper.
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026
AFP reviewed examples offering everything from chimpanzees intended as pets to rhino horn for traditional medicine and pangolins for consumption.
From Barron's ● Jun. 29, 2026
Two weeks after Good’s murder, he drove around his neighborhood honking his horn to alert his community to ICE’s presence.
From Slate ● Jun. 25, 2026
It’s hard to see anyone but the most rabid Wings fan interested in, say, guitarist Laurence Juber’s amp or similar artifacts from the horn section, but on the other hand, this is a Wings retrospective.
From Salon ● Jun. 23, 2026
I had never dreamed in my wildest dreams that someday I would march in a band playing my silver horn, wearing a spring parka trimmed with wolverine fur, and welcome racers of the famous Iditarod.
From "Black Star, Bright Dawn" by Scott O'Dell
The bone has short projections extending outward that resemble horns, and it lacks a ventral median groove.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 15, 2026
Percussion underneath, horns above, their rendition of “Tequila!” with a ska spirit.
From Salon ● Aug. 11, 2026
The “Fearsome White” uniform features a helmet that includes white horns and a white face mask.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026
Not a basket of breads you’ll feel compelled to eat, nibble by nibble, or some roast that will eventually grow horns and crawl out of the refrigerator.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
Then I saw the spreading horns and the long lumpy nose.
From "Black Star, Bright Dawn" by Scott O'Dell
The massive predator shared its environment with other giants, including the horned Triceratops and the duck billed herbivore Edmontosaurus.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 14, 2026
Tom Berendsen, managing director of production company Business/Club, this year made a Super Bowl advert for Skittles starring Elijah Wood, surreally, as a magical horned woodland creature.
From BBC ● Jun. 12, 2026
The coinage is a nod to Brünnhilde, a soprano role stereotypically portrayed as a robust figure in a horned helmet.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 12, 2026
There's a bone-white lobster, suctioned up for examination at the surface, and a horned sea cucumber whose mast-like spikes collapse into black spaghetti when it arrives on the ship.
From Barron's ● Jan. 26, 2026
Meanwhile, Nathan had to ask, “Are you working with that little talking horned toad?”
From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young
It was like a seldom-seen relative showing up at a wedding to give an elaborate toast, then horning her way into the photos.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2024
Using a device to achieve the same effect was unfairly horning in on AT&T property.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 26, 2024
He left behind a celebrated quote: “The trouble with boxing today is that legitimate businessmen are horning in on our game.”
From The Guardian ● May 22, 2015
His talent for horning in on history did not fail him.
From Slate ● Mar. 26, 2013
“From him. He sounds kind of bitter when he talks about you, and I get the distinct impression he doesn’t want me around, like I’m horning in on his game or something.”
From "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" by Ransom Riggs
