horse

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While Freud, Mr. Phillips tells us, describes human beings “as driving the horse in the direction the horse wants to go,” Rorty “wants us to wonder what are better alternative descriptions.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

Based on an original smaller piece created by Wood in a single afternoon, the work depicting a man and a horse has gone on display in the estate's Secret Garden.

From BBC • Apr. 5, 2026

In reality, they already had their “almost” Derby horse.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2026

Any faint hopes of reviving horse racing in Northern California were crushed with the sale of Golden Gate Fields, which will be converted into a park.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2026

Just then we heard the horse coming down the road.

From "Nory Ryan’s Song" by Patricia Reilly Giff